Organic seeds - Flat turnip 300 gn - La Semence Bio

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Description: the flat turnip of Milan forms a bulging, fleshy and flattened root, with white flesh and pink-purple collar. Its coloration is beautiful and well defined. Its flesh is fine and very tasty.

Family: Brassicaceae

Latin name: Brassica rapa L. var. rapa

Exposure: sun or half-shade.

Weight: 1 g

Growing Guide

Soil care: easy to grow, likes rich soil but is content with poor soil. Appreciates humidity and heat.

Sowing: 1 cm deep in the ground. Thin out by keeping only one plant every 10 cm. Repeat sowing every 20 days.

Emergence: in 4 to 7 days.

Watering: regular in summer, less in autumn.

Harvest: harvest turnips before frost.

Storage: 3 to 4 days in a cool place, can be stored in a cellar in a silo after air drying for one day.

Origin : native to Europe, it was consumed daily until the 18th century and the arrival of the potato.

Advice from La Semence Bio® : the most beautiful roots are to be found in the early harvest (immature harvest: new turnips).