Turnip used to be the main dish and crop grown in our country. Now it has been almost completely replaced by potatoes, but this does not mean that own site can't grow this delicious vegetable. landing features and further care, as well as useful recommendations for the preservation of the turnip crop - all the necessary information is given in our article.

How and when to plant

This plant is quite cold-resistant, so planting seeds in open ground possible already in mid-April - early May. An ambient temperature of two to three degrees of heat is quite enough for its growth. Stratification of seeds is carried out immediately before planting.

Soaking can be omitted, because this will complicate uniform distribution. Most often, the planting method is used, in which the seeds are mixed with dry sand or distributed into holes in several pieces.

Soil preparation before planting includes the mandatory addition of wood ash. These activities are extremely justified, because turnips do not like acidic soils.

In addition, the ash will protect against characteristic pests. When a plant is damaged by cruciferous fleas and flies, you can simply sprinkle the leaves with ash or tobacco dust (you can learn more about ash as a fertilizer from this one), and the problem will be solved as quickly and safely as possible for the crop.

Before planting, the seeds can be glued onto strips of paper at regular intervals. They must be equal to at least 8 - 10 centimeters so that the root crops grow large. If this method does not suit you, you can simply pour a few seeds into the holes, and after germination, thin out the crops, leaving the strongest sprout. This will help the turnips grow to a decent size. It is also worth paying attention to how

On the video - turnip in open ground:

Depending on the variety (early, medium or late), harvesting takes place 55 to 90 days after planting. In one season, you can have time to harvest two crops, you just need to change the planting site or use mineral complexes to replenish quality composition soil. But how to grow turnips from seeds, and how to do it right, is indicated

How to care

Further care for the grown seedlings is not particularly difficult. Abundant watering is quite enough (consumption of at least 5 - 6 liters per square meter), as well as thinning and weeding.

The main danger is cruciferous fleas who love juicy greens and are able to destroy the crop in a matter of days. To scare them away, they use folk remedies- tobacco dust and mustard(It will also be interesting to know more about ) . They will hide the smell of foliage and create conditions unsuitable for insects. For plants, this treatment does not pose a threat, so it can be used several times per season.

Harvesting is carried out selectively to achieve root crops of a certain size. A diameter of up to seven centimeters is considered optimal, but some species are suitable for food with smaller dimensions.

For storage in winter, turnips are harvested in late autumn, before the first frost. If the root crop is a little frozen, its further saving will not be successful.

Sprinkle the resulting turnips with a thin layer of sand in a separate container of your cellar. Varieties intended for storage can be stored until the very spring, but besides, it is advisable to regularly inspect and sort out root crops.

On the video - how to care for a planted turnip:

The turnip is propagated by seeds. If the plant shoots, in warm climates you can wait for the seeds to appear, but here you should consider the variety grown. Hybrid varieties of turnips will not inherit characteristics mother plant, so their landing will be ineffective.

Varieties for open ground

There are quite a few varieties of turnips, each of the proposed options has its own advantages. Most hybrids are resistant to bolting and disease, so growing them does not bode well for even inexperienced gardeners.

Review the best varieties turnips:

1. White Night. Large root crops reach a weight of 400 - 550 grams. Mid-season and unpretentious variety with juicy pulp white color.

   

   White Night

2. white ball. high yielding variety, and even greens are used for food. The fruits are large, reach 500 grams. The pulp is moderately firm, without bitterness.

   

   white ball

3. Petrovskaya– 1. The oldest variety of turnip, characterized by high yield and good taste characteristics.

   

   Petrovskaya - 1

4. Orbit. The best variety for winter storage. Quite large root crops have a dense snow-white pulp with a barely distinct bitterness.
5. Geisha. One of the most delicious varieties, the main feature of which is resistance to shooting. The fruits are not subject to storage and are used as food in the summer.

   

6. Russian size. The variety is the record holder for the weight of root crops. Turnip grows up to two kilograms, has a trouble-free storage and a pleasant taste.
   
7. May yellow greenhead. Early variety, the ripening period takes less than 60 days. Unsuitable for storage, but has excellent taste and high nutritional value. A variety similar in characteristics is the Milanese white redhead, the main difference of which is the color of the fruit.

   

   May Yellow Greenhead

8. Comet. A characteristic elongated root crop with a pleasant taste. Average weight fruits - 90 - 120 grams, white pulp. The ripening period is 75 - 85 days after planting.

   

Depending on the variety of turnip, its flesh can be completely different in color. Usually there are snow-white and yellowish species, but there are also original varieties with pink, purple or green flesh. Now more popular varieties that involve the use of food and aerial parts. This is the so-called lettuce turnip class. But how it is grown, you can find out from the article by clicking on the link.

Turnip leaves are also rich in nutrients and vitamins, so they are an excellent fortified supplement to the diet. Turnips are especially useful in dietary nutrition, because, despite the significant content (up to 9%) of sugary substances, the calorie content of the vegetable is low (about 28 Kcal / 100 grams).

Versatile and very tasty turnip is very useful in our diet. Its vitamin composition and pleasant taste will enrich the summer menu, and the possibility of saving winter time make cultivation extremely profitable and useful. Features of various varieties of this root crop, as well as the basic rules for growing and caring are discussed in the information of our article.

Turnip is known to everyone for its useful and healing properties, pleasant taste. The vegetable contains a large amount of calcium and phosphorus, potassium and sodium. To grow a good crop, you need to know the timing of when to plant turnips in open ground and the basic rules for growing.

This crop is sown with seeds twice a season. To obtain an early harvest, planting is carried out in the third decade of April or the first half of May. Juicy root crops will grow in July, but they will only be suitable for consumption. To harvest for the winter, sowing should be done in the last days of June or the first decade of July.

The period when to plant turnips in middle lane into open ground, is also determined weather conditions. The optimal temperature regime for early sowing usually occurs in the first ten days of May. Late planting of seeds is carried out in early June.

When deciding when to plant turnips in the Moscow region, you can also rely on moon calendar, since it is recommended to sow all root crops on the waning moon.

In 2017 auspicious days to start growing a root crop there will be such numbers:

• from 23 to 30 April
• from 1 to 5 May
• from 1st to 4th and from 20th to 30th of June
• from July 1st to 4th.

In the Moscow region, early spring sowing is carried out from 25.04. to 10.05., and summer (late) landing - from 10 to 20.06.

You can get a turnip crop as early as May if it is grown indoors. Seeds are sown in the greenhouse in March. As for the second landing in the greenhouse, it is carried out at the end of August or at the beginning of September.

For growing turnips indoors, you should choose varieties that have a ripening period of 5-6 weeks. These are:

• Tokyo Cross
• primer
• snowball
• Atlantic.

For better germination of seedlings, the seeds should be prepared for planting. Please note that the grains need to be heated and germinated:

1. place the seeds in a covered container hot water for 30 minutes
2. put them in a gauze bag and half-dip in water for 10-15 days.

Seeds with sprouts can be mixed with a little sand to make it easier to plant them evenly in open or covered ground.

Turnip is a frost-resistant plant, so even a shaded area is suitable for planting. But cruciferous crops should not have grown in this place before. The best predecessors are tomatoes, zucchini or peas.

Please note that the soil should be dug up, and fertilizers should be applied in the process. Rotted manure, wood ash, superphosphate are added to the soil.

Remember when is the best time to plant turnips, as well as how to prepare the seeds and soil, then every year you will have a good yield.

Turnip has been known to mankind for a very long time. A lot of things are prepared from it: turnips are served fried, boiled, raw, with or without butter.

Turnip contains a very rare glucoraphanin, known for its anti-diabetic and anti-cancer effects. Accordingly, for diabetics and people with oncology, such a vegetable is a godsend. It also contains many vitamins - A, C, PP, B1, B2, B5. Among the trace elements, iodine, iron, sodium, phosphorus, and manganese should be noted.

Cellulose contributes to the proper functioning of the digestive system. Sulfur salts destroy kidney and bladder stones, and also have a disinfecting effect on the blood. Turnip in the most favorable way affects the functioning of the liver. And our ancestors used it as a prevention of leprosy and tuberculosis. This root crop also improves immunity, decoctions from it are taken for toothache and sore throats. It is worth noting the low energy value of the vegetable, 100 g contains only 27 kilocalories. Turnip is a good ally in the fight against excess weight.

With caution, turnips should be taken only to people with acute diseases of the intestines, stomach, kidneys and liver. And for those who like a sharper taste, you can plant a radish. This is a vegetable very close to the turnip, even outwardly they are similar. , you get almost the same set of vitamins and elements.

We determine the nature of the turnip crop by variety

Milanskaya and Petrovskaya are very popular due to their versatility and unpretentiousness. They can be grown anywhere. There are unique varieties that also have an edible ground part, for example, Snegurochka and Geisha. All these species will overwinter well in the basement, but it is better to eat the yellow green-headed May immediately, it will not be stored. The May white red-headed turnip also belongs to the precocious ones. These two varieties can be grown in the central, northern and eastern regions. And the yellow green-headed one feels great even without black soil.

Both planting and caring for such a root crop will not bring you much trouble, especially if you choose the right variety. This plant is undemanding to the ground, but plant it on an easy fertile soil. A plot that used to grow tomatoes, cucumbers, potatoes or onions is perfect. But cabbage and radish are not the best predecessors. Some requirements apply to fertilizers. For example, the introduction of manure is undesirable; land fertilized with organic matter several years ago is better.

Be sure to monitor the acidity, it should be neutral or weak. Otherwise, adjust this indicator with ash and liming. Phosphorus, nitrogen and potash top dressings are perfect for fertilizing the soil. Some agronomists claim that adding a little table salt to the ground (50 g per 10 squares) can significantly improve the taste of the root crop.

Immediately before planting, it is recommended to place the seeds for 30 minutes in a container of warm water. Then we take them out and mix them with sand, so you will facilitate sowing, because the grains will be well separated from each other. The following technology is also very convenient. The grains are glued onto a paper strip with an interval of 10 cm, then this tape is placed in a garden bed and sprinkled with earth. Between the beds they stand about 25 cm, and the thickness of the surface layer is 2 cm. It remains to thoroughly moisten the soil and cover the beds with non-woven material. After sprouts appear with at least three leaves, you should thin out the turnip area, of course, if necessary.

This is a very moisture-loving plant, so keep the soil moist at all times. Remove all weeds, and a month after the seeds are planted in the ground, you can think about feeding. Suitable fertilizers are easy to find in any specialized store. To combat caterpillars, spray the tops with a vinegar solution (40 ml of vinegar per 10 liters of water). And the cruciferous flea does not tolerate ash. To prevent dry rot, the ground part is sprayed with a solution of Bordeaux mixture.

How to collect turnips from the garden?

When are turnips harvested? The answer largely depends on the time of planting and how long you intend to store it. For example, if the root crop must endure the winter in the basement, then it is better to shift the planting time to the beginning of summer, and the collection can be carried out even before the first frost. However, do not allow the root crop to carry sub-zero temperatures in the ground, this will cause bitterness and hollowness of the product. If sudden frosts nevertheless caught you by surprise, then it is better to wait for a thaw and quickly remove the inhabitants of the beds from the soil.

By the way, turnip is less popular today, although it used to be almost the main dish of the peasants. Summer residents prefer to grow radishes. This is a very similar culture with turnips, therefore, care and collection are carried out in almost the same way.

Those who wish to enjoy the unusual taste of turnips throughout the summer need to take care of planting more in early spring. In this case, juicy root crops will ripen in late July - early August. When purchasing seeds, make sure that the packaging indicates optimal timing planting and harvesting for a particular variety.

The optimal turnip size for harvesting is about 5 cm in diameter. This turnip is juicy, has a great taste. A mature turnip protrudes slightly above the ground and is easy to spot. Try not to overripe, as the older the vegetable, the more rigid and dry the flesh becomes. It is better not to harvest the entire crop in one day, but to do it gradually, thinning out the beds as they grow. By the way, it is quite acceptable to eat unripe turnips, it will have the maximum content of vitamin C, but the root crop that has sat out loses its properties and taste.

But it is not enough just to dig up a turnip or radish; this process should be treated with extreme caution. No damage to the fruit is allowed, especially if you intend to store it. If this happens, then the damaged product should be used first. It is better to pull out the turnip by the tops, it sits shallowly and so you will not damage it. Still, you can not leave turnips in the sun so that they do not wither. However, a wet vegetable should be thoroughly dried. Leave it in the open air for no more than two hours, but under a canopy, the fruits can be kept for more than a day. All roots and tops must be completely removed immediately after harvesting, only a small petiole remains (no more than 1 cm).

All storage conditions must be ready. The ideal option there will be a burial. It maintains the optimum temperature for these vegetables all winter - about 2 degrees Celsius. We pour in wooden boxes at least a 10-centimeter layer of sand and put the root crops there, after sprinkling the cut at the top with chalk. We sprinkle each tier with a 5-centimeter sand cushion. Such a layer will not allow bacteria, fungi and various sores to move from one vegetable to another. Thanks to this, evaporation will also be significantly reduced, which will have the best effect on the safety of the product. The sand must be moderately moist, clean, free of impurities, rot, fungi and various organic residues. Humidity in the room should not exceed 90%. If you live in an apartment and you don’t have a balcony, you can always prepare for the winter.

Turnip has a reputation as a healthy product, it is even used for medicinal purposes. In addition, it is still quite tasty and nutritious. But this is not the point, in this article we will try to talk about how to plant a turnip, because if you plant it correctly, then the harvest will not keep you waiting long.

Ripe turnip on the ridge

Soil preparation and turnip planting

Turnips need light soils, so the place for the ridge must be chosen with no clay. If planted in clay, the fruits can become infected with clubroot. This plant will grow best in well-drained, well-drained soil.

It is not necessary to fertilize the earth with manure, this leads to voids in the fruit. To prepare the soil, ash is applied in the fall, as well as nitrogen and phosphate fertilizers. Before planting, the ground is rolled and cut.

Important: Do not plant turnips in the place where radishes, cabbage, turnips, horseradish used to grow

Landing time selection

This culture is frost-resistant, thanks to which it can be planted immediately after the snow has melted. You can plant it twice a season.

If you need to get a crop in the summer, then planting in the spring becomes the main task. To do this, it is planted in mid-April - early May. But such fruits cannot be stored in the winter. In order to be able to use the root crop in winter, it is planted in late June - early August.

Note: Turnips ripen best in cool summers with plenty of moisture.

Before planting, the seeds are soaked in warm water, then dried and mixed with sand. Since the seeds are very small, they can be glued with a paste on strips of paper and buried like that. The distance between seeds should be 10 cm.

Planting turnip seeds

How to plant a turnip in open ground

Shallow grooves of 1-2 cm are made in the garden, 25 cm are left between the rows. After the grooves are closed and carefully watered. After sowing, the ridge is covered with polyethylene until the first shoots. Only in this way can you properly plant a turnip.

Important: When watering, soil erosion should be avoided.

Turnip - planting and care

Harvesting

Harvest is calculated from the start of planting. Depending on the variety, harvesting begins 6 or 12 weeks after planting. The most suitable are fruits with a diameter of 7 cm, but there are exceptions. Sometimes even 5 cm fruits are of sufficient quality. Fruit picking is quite simple and does not require much effort. They are easy enough to pull out of the ground.

Please note: If the turnip is frozen, then its fruits cannot be stored.

Turnip belongs to the cabbage family. Radishes, radishes, and cabbages are other well-known members of this family. Has a huge amount useful substances. Turnips are eaten throughout summer period left for winter storage. Previously, the root crop was used instead of potatoes. Let's figure it out - when is it better to plant turnips in order to get large, juicy, healthy fruits.

Choosing a time to plant a turnip

Turnip is a cold-resistant crop. It is planted in the garden after the snow has melted. This crop is planted several times a year. The first time turnips are planted in the last days of April - early May. After planting, the bed is recommended to be covered with a film. Thus, possible cold weather will not damage the seeds.

The resulting root crops are eaten throughout the season. The root crop is not suitable for storage in the winter. If the turnip is intended for winter storage, it is planted at the end of June.

Landing time depends on the purpose of use, climate:

• planted in the spring to get a harvest in the summer;
• for the earliest harvest, turnips are planted in the fall;
• for storage in the winter planted in the summer.

When are turnip seeds planted in open ground?

Most often, this vegetable is planted in open ground with seeds. This root crop has been grown in the middle lane for more than 60 years.

The following are tips for planting seeds:

When and what varieties of turnips are sown in a greenhouse?

Although the root crop is considered cold-resistant, but if you decide to plant it early, then it is better to do it in a greenhouse. The greenhouse must be of high quality, made of polycarbonate.

Harvest is already in May. For this, the vegetable is planted in greenhouses from the beginning of March. The second landing is carried out in August, at the beginning of September.

For greenhouses, varieties are selected that ripen faster.

These include:

• primer;
• Snowball;
• Atlantic;
• Tokyo Cross.

The growth time of these varieties is 5 weeks.

Planting turnips before winter

To obtain the earliest fruits, plants are planted in the fall. Harvested the next year already at the beginning of summer.

Landing rules:

1. Before planting a bed carefully prepare: dig, fertilize, add ash. If necessary, carry out pest control.
2. When the temperature drops below zero, the bed is prepared directly for planting. Make furrows 3 centimeters deep. The distance between rows should be 40 centimeters.
3. After sowing the soil is covered with fallen leaves, other substrates, carefully compacted.

Such sowing is risky because during warming the seeds can sprout, future root crops will disappear during subsequent frosts.

But if there are no shoots in the spring, the sowing is repeated. If you did not have time to plant the seeds before the snow, then the snow is removed and the planting is carried out.

After the snow melts, the mulch is removed, the bed is covered with a film, which is then fixed on the arms. If fertilizers were not applied in the fall, then they are applied in the spring, after germination. Plants do not flood, they react poorly to long-term drying of the soil.

Seed and soil preparation

One of the main points in planting a root crop is to choose the best seeds that will sprout:

1. Seeds are calibrated before planting. To do this, they are placed in a saline solution. 5 g of salt are diluted in 100 ml of water. The seeds are immersed in the solution. Leave only those that have sunk to the bottom. Seeds that have surfaced are removed - these are hollow, damaged seeds.
2. After they are disinfected. To do this, they are poured over with hot water of about 50 degrees, soaked in a solution of potassium permanganate. Seeds are left for 20 minutes.
3. Further, they are washed very well, leave to swell in water for two days, which is changed several times a day, left on a damp cloth. The seeds are ready for planting.

Soil preparation for planting:

• The main thing is a loose bed. What soil do you prefer? Best Option soils become neutral. Acid soils are not suitable. In this case, lime is added to the soil. Clay is not at all suitable as soil for turnips. The bed where the closest relatives grew is also not suitable for the plant. Turnip will grow well if cucumbers, legumes, potatoes, zucchini were planted before it.
• After loosening the bed should be fertilized, add ash. Fertilizer is carried out before planting.

How to grow more crops?

Any gardener and summer resident is pleased to receive big harvest with large fruits. Unfortunately, it is not always possible to get the desired result.

Often plants lack nutrition and useful minerals

It has the following properties:

• Allows increase yield by 50% in just a few weeks of use.
• You can get good harvest even on low-fertility soils and in adverse climatic conditions
• Absolutely safe

Planting turnips in open ground

1. It is better to plant a plant in a low, flat area. This is where moisture is best stored.
2. It is best to dig up a bed in the fall, fertilize it, and dig it up again in the spring.
3. Turnip grooves are dug 2 centimeters deep. Before planting seeds, they are watered with water without pressure, and after sowing, the soil is also moistened.
4. In order for the plants to sprout as early as possible, the bed is covered with a film, peat.

Video: Growing turnips

How to care for turnips after planting?

Turnip does not require special care. By adhering to some rules, you can get very good harvest- 3-4 kg per 1 square. m of land.

Watering

• Turnip loves moisture. It requires regular, plentiful watering. It is important to ensure this in the early stages. For more later dates, you should increase the amount of water.
• When the root crop grows, watering is reduced. Otherwise, the fruits may crack. Watering is carried out twice a week if there is no rain.
• Need to be watered early in the morning, late at night when there is no bright sun. Water for irrigation should be warm. It is recommended to collect water in advance.
• Excess moisture provokes the appearance of diseases, and also causes rotting of the fetus. A small amount of moisture adversely affects the taste of the fruit.
• Watering small plants carried out using a watering can with a fine sieve. When the plants grow up, you can water with a hose.

top dressing

1. Soil fertilization is carried out several times during the ripening of the root crop. For this, mineral, organic fertilizers are used.
2. For fertilizer, it is recommended to use wood ash, compost, manure.
3. If the soil is fertile, then top dressing is excluded.

Pests and diseases

The most common disease is cruciferous fleas.

They are most dangerous in the early stages of plant development. For prevention, after planting seeds, the soil is treated with special poisons, repellents. These include: tobacco dust, ash, mustard.

Turnip and other members of this family share some common diseases. That is why these representatives are not planted nearby.

Also, not little-known diseases include:

1. phomosis;
2. keel;
3. bacteriosis;
4. gray rot.

If the plant is sick, then it is removed from the garden. And the rest of the representatives are treated with special solutions. While the disease is in the early stages, folk remedies can be used. But if the condition of the plant does not improve, then fungicides are used.

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Harvesting and proper storage

Types and varieties of turnips

All varieties of turnips are divided into fodder and table. Among the canteens, salads are distinguished. In table varieties, a root crop is used, in lettuce varieties, foliage is used.

The most common varieties:

1. Petrovskaya-1. The fruit is very juicy and sweet. Well kept, hardy. It has an average maturity.
2. White Night. This variety is distinguished by its size, large yield. The pulp is white, juicy.
3. Geisha. This is an early lettuce variety with small fruits.
4. Snow Maiden. The variety has small fruits, white flesh. Gives a big harvest, quickly ripens.
5. Snow White. This variety is distinguished by its taste. It is white, juicy, dense.
6. golden ball. Ripens quickly. Known for its frost resistance, productivity. Has a bitter taste.
7. white ball. This is a salad variety. It does not have a bitter taste, the flesh is very tender. The variety gives a large yield.

Photo gallery: variety of turnip varieties

Petrovskaya

Snow White

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