Best time to plant turnip in Australia
Brassica rapa
Also called white turnip
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.
On a shared plot: suits a plot
Finishes in a season and stays within its space, so it suits most plots.
When to sow
| Zone | Months | How well checked |
|---|---|---|
| Cool | Sep to May | Matches local guides |
| Temperate | Sep to May | Broadly matches local guides, with some differences |
| Tropical | Mar to Jun | Not yet checked against a local guide |
| Arid | Mar to Jun | Broadly matches local guides, with some differences |
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
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.