Turnip
This ancestor vegetable , Brassica campestris rapa(syn . B. rapa),has been grown in Britain since the sixteenth C . The solution are worldwide or flattish round . A well - drained sandlike loam is suitable for both types — summer and winter . But if the soil is light and sandy , it dry out out chop-chop and turnip flea beetle flourish . A expectant soil is inapplicable for summer turnips but is normally suitable for the winter case . Both very light and punishing soils are meliorate by regular wintertime dressings of manure , etc . A web site that was manured for a previous crop should be chosen . If liming was not carried out during the previous winter , background chalk should be dusted on to the surface at the rate of 110 g ( 4 oz ) to the sq m ( sq yd ) before seed sowing .
The first sowing , out of doors or under cloche , may be made from mid - March to mid - April with a second successional sowing in May . Sow germ thinly 1 cm ( 0.5 in ) late in rows 30 cm ( 1 ft ) apart . Dust seedlings with derris to control flea beetles and hoe to keep down weed . slenderize the seedling to 10 cm ( 4 in ) or so aside and body of water in dry spells . warm growth with no checks at all is all important for succulent summer turnips . begin pulling for habit when the turnips are sufficiently large . If left to age they become uncouth and fibrous . Sow come of wintertime turnips likewise , in late July or other August . Water seed drills if the soil is ironic and inseminate after the water supply has debilitate aside . Dust the seedling with derris and thin to 23 atomic number 96 ( 9 in ) aside . Winter turnips are often bequeath in the ground and rive when wanted . In colder component the roots are well lift in the autumn when the tabu leaves are yellowing . cut down back the foliation to about 1 centimeter ( 0.5 in ) from the crown and abbreviate long pat roots by 10 centimetre ( 4 in ) before storing the root in damp sand or ashes .
For a supply of turnip tops for ‘ Green ’ in leap sow seed of a worthy variety show in August quite thickly in 1 cm ( 0.5 in ) deep drills spaced at 46 centimetre ( 18 in ) apart . In colder areas the plants do good from cloche protection during the winter .
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TurnipvarietiesSummer‘Early Snowball ’ , ‘ Early White Milan ’ , ‘ Red Top Milan ” ‘ Golden Ball ’ ; winter ‘ ManchesterMarket ’ ; for white turnip tops‘Hardy Green Round ’ , ‘ Green Globe ’ .
