Nabo Roxo Comprido - Turnip Seeds

SKU: VTP103

Open-Pollinated

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Nabo Roxo Comprido (“long purple turnip”) from Portugal forms elongated, violet‑topped roots with crisp white flesh and a peppery‑sweet bite. Great roasted, pickled, or sliced thin for salads; greens are excellent cooked. Direct sow spring and late summer, thin promptly, and keep beds moist for tenderness. Turnips bring vitamin C and calcium. A striking alternative to round whites with real culinary range.

How to Grow

Turnips develop the best quality bulbs when grown in the cool weather of early spring or late fall. Plant seeds directly into the garden starting 4-6 weeks before average last frost date. Optimum soil temperature for seed germination is 50-70 degrees. Sow thickly, then thin to 3-6" apart when leaves are about 4" high. This will be your first harvest of turnip greens. Grow again in the fall, roughly 4-6 weeks before your average first frost. Harvest roots when the are 2-3" in diameter.

Growing Specs

Scientific name: brassica rapa
Days to maturity: 45-65
Seed depth: 1/2"
Days to sprout: 7-14
Plant spacing: 3-6"
Row spacing: 12-24"
Light requirements: sunny / partial shade
plant height: 12-15
Life cycle: biennial
Frost hardy: no

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