Best time to plant turnip in Melbourne
Brassica rapa
Also called white turnip
Sow turnip in Melbourne in Sep to May.
Turnips are root vegetables with a white, fleshy, roughly round taproot, often purple, red or green on the part that pokes above the soil. Smaller, tender types are the ones grown for the table, and larger ones go to livestock. In some regions the name also gets applied to swede, a related but different vegetable.
When to sow in Melbourne
Melbourne, VIC is in the cool zone. Its months for turnip apply here without a frost adjustment.
Matches local guides.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Melbourne
Frost usually arrives in Melbourne around mid June and finishes by late August. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as late May or as late as late September, so frost-tender crops are planned around those dates.
From the average of its 2 Bureau of Meteorology stations, 1991 to 2020, counting a night at 2°C or lower as a frost. Frost hollows and hillsides can shift these dates by weeks, so ask the growers at your garden too.
On a shared plot: suits a plot
Finishes in a season and stays within its space, so it suits most plots.
Growing details
- How to start
- Sow directly in the bed
- Sowing depth
- 12mm
- Plant spacing
- 10cm
- Row spacing
- 40cm
- Height
- 30cm
- Germination
- About 14 days
- Time to harvest
- 55 days from sowing
- Frost
- Hardy, takes a light frost
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- biennial, usually grown as an annual
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.