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(Best months for planting Turnip in Australia - cool/mountain regions)

P = Sow direct in garden where they are to grow.

• Easy to grow.
• Harvest in 6-9 weeks.
• Sow in garden. Sow seed at a depth approximately three times the diameter of the seed.
• Best planted at soil temperatures between 12°C and 30°C.
• Space plants: 12-20cm

Round, root vegetable. The flesh is white . Turnips take about 6 to 10 weeks to reach a useable size.

Sow every three or four weeks for a continuous supply.

Water regularly.

Culinary hints - cooking and eating Turnip

Grate young turnips and use raw in salads.
Use older turnips in casseroles and stews.

Your comments and tips

18 Jul 10 Tania (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Hi all, It apprears that one of my turnips is growing above ground. Is this what is meant to happen? I thought I'd leave it as all the others only have their folage above ground so I thought this one could be an experiment, but Im not sure this is practical as I dont want to loss the whole crop if they are all meant to appear above ground. Thanks for your help in advance. Tania

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08 Jul 10 dave moss (United Kingdom - cool/temperate climate)

hi, being a novice gardener , first year after retirement, i have planted numerous veg with a limited success, but turnips have been a castraphe, can't spell either, turnips have grown to the size of a jaffa orange, upon pulling 2 up one was split and both were brown inside , not right through but it put us off eating them, can you possibly advise what i have done wrong, thank you dave

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23 Dec 09 pete (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

re turnip spacings - i think 10 cms would be plenty - just so long as they are not hard up against each other

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27 Apr 09 Peggy (Australia - temperate climate)

I am having trouble with my Turnip seeds coming up, wice I have planted them and no result.Peggy

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28 Jul 08 Nikki (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Thanks Liz, we are new to vegie gardening!

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28 Jul 08 Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)

Nikki, about 20 cm apart would be good spacing.

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27 Jul 08 Nikki (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I have direct planted turnip and am now wondering what spacings I need to thin them out to?

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