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À propos White Turnip with Purple Collar

The white turnip with a purple collar, also called rabiole, is early and produces white flesh and a purple collar. Delicate taste in cool conditions and when harvested young.

Growing tips for the White Turnip with Purple Neck

Family
Brassicaceae (Brassica rapa var. rapifera)
Number of seeds
± 200
Growing cycle
Annual
Suggested sowing
Outside
Suggested time*
May and August
Ideal germination temperature
From 15 to 41℃
Germination time
3 to 7 days
Sowing depth
Three times the size of the seed.
Seed storage
In a dry place away from light.
Seed shelf life
5 years minimum
Exposure
Sun
Days to maturity*
55 days
Distance between plants
10 cm
Distance between rows
30 cm
*The suggested time concerns zone 4b. For zone 5 you can start 2 weeks earlier and in zone 3 delay by 2 weeks. The number of days indicated is calculated from planting in the garden. Click here to get your hardiness zone or create your gardening calendar with our Quebec partner, lamainverte.ca.

Nos semences de white turnip with purple neck sont certifiées biologiques.

Nous utilisons des méthodes naturelles et respectueuses de l'environnement pour cultiver nos plantes, sans aucun usage de pesticides, d'herbicides ou d'engrais chimiques. En choisissant nos semences bio d'white turnip with purple neck, vous soutenez une approche responsable au profit de la nature.

Pour en savoir plus :

Advice from the seed producer and author

Yves Gagnon

Turnip growing conditions

Turnips are a cool, humid climate plant that grows in full sun. They are sown early in spring or for an autumn harvest. Heat and drought encourage the development of fibrous, bitter roots. Turnips are best grown in light, fresh, humus-rich soils. Clay soils are suitable as long as they are well-structured. Turnips are not very demanding. They can be grown without any compost as long as the soil has been well-amended the previous year. In poor soils, a small amount of mature compost can be added. The soil must be well-supplied with boron. In case of boron deficiency, 100 g of borax per 100 m2 should be added. Constant humidity ensures good taste. The ideal pH for growing turnips is between 5.5 and 6.8.

Turnip Crop Rotation
Since turnips are not very demanding, they are normally grown in the last year of the rotation with other frugal plants, after growing demanding plants. However, because of their sensitivity to cabbage maggots, they are often found in the second year of the rotation in association with other brassicas, which must be grown under a floating cover. Fertilization will then need to be adjusted to their needs.

Companionship of the turnip

Turnips can be grown with most frugal plants, including carrots, kohlrabi, and beets. However, because of the protection it needs against cabbage maggots, it is often grown with other crops grown under agrotextile, such as radishes, broccoli, and early cabbage in the spring, or Chinese cabbage and radishes in the fall.

— These valuable tips were written by Yves Gagnon, in the book The ecological cultivation of vegetable plants , Colloidal Editions.

You can add the book Ecological Vegetable Cultivation by Yves Gagnon to your order for further advice on growing turnips.