Turnip

Turnip
A turnip cultivar that can grow roots of ca 2 kg. Turnips can withstand quite heavy frost. This photo was taken in midwinter after several nights of frost.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Brassica
Species:	B. rapa

Gallery

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  Big turnip greens. These grew almost 1 meter high. They're still soft and edible. I've never had them grown so big. Maybe they liked growing in the shadow of the capucijner peas that you can see left in the background. In the background right there's rye.

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  Young turnip greens

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  Turnip seeds

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  A smaller cultivar of turnip (diameter of the root of this plant is ca 10 cm), here photographed in the midst of winter

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  This is a big turnip of ca. 1 kg. Because i had read that these turnips are hardy, i had not protected them with straw. However, the root has become soft after a longer period of frost and can probably not be used for consumption.

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  A smaller turnip species, it's entirely gone after a longer period of frost.

See also

• Gardening courses
• Knowledge base:Gardening

External links

• Turnip Wikipedia