General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Fall
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Vegetable
Edible Parts: Roots
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Fermented
Dynamic Accumulator: P (Phosphorus)
Ca (Calcium)
S (Sulfur)
Mn (Manganese)
Zn (Zinc)
Cu (Copper)
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Days to germinate: 10 to 21
Sow in situ
Pollinators: Self
Bees

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Common names
  • Turnip

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Location: Victory Seed Company - Liberal, OR
Image used with permission of the Victory Seed Company.

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