Growing turnips - the best varieties (photo)
The best varieties of turnip and planting and care for them
What do we know about this ancient vegetable culture? I'm afraid, besides the fact that once in Russia (in the pre-cartel era) it was the main food, most people have nothing to remember.
And this is understandable, because for a long time on sale it was possible to find seeds of only one kind - Petrovskaya - the fruits of which were not very popular due to the unpleasant bitterness that occurs when there is a lack of moisture.
But in the present century, a real "repkin-renaissance" happened: first seeds of European and Asian (Japanese) selection appeared on the market, and then our specialists paid attention to this root crop. By the way - very useful for health. After turnip contains a lot of vitamin C (more than onions and oranges), carotene, B vitamins, trace elements (potassium, calcium, phosphorus, iron), phytoncides.
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Even Sakharov in some varieties is more than in sweet apples. However, not only the roots, but also the tops are good. Contrary to the fairy tale about a peasant and a bear, green leaves of lettuce or turnip are also not useless, but nutritious and tasty.
And now we have the opportunity to choose which turn to plant: the traditional flat-yellow (Children's Dream, Dunyasha, Tolden Ball) or yellow, but cylindrical (Babka).
And maybe, absolutely white (Tlasha, White ball, Snow White) or red with white flesh (Red sun F1, Milan pink, Purple, Purple early, Little Red Riding Hood, Crunch)? And even a multi-colored one - purple above and green or white below (Grandfather Granddaughter, Beetle, Karelian Whiskey, Palette).
Esthetes will surely like it Burnt sugar - a variety with a long elongated root crop, black outside and white inside.
Considering that the turnip of the turnip looks one third out of the soil, the beds with varicoloured varieties look original and cute.
There are early, early ripening varieties (Presto, May White, Lira, Sprinter) that can supply us with small but delicious turnpikes in the beginning of the summer. There are medium and late, mild, well-preserved in autumn and winter (Luna, Orbita, Tiani Tolkai).
Varieties differ markedly in size - from turnip-babies 50-100 g weight (Granddaughter, Snowball) to almost fabulous giants (Russian size), capable of increasing (as the producers promise) a root crop weighing up to 2 kg (at an average weight of 150-300 g). Different varieties contain different amounts of mustard oil, so some of them have a more acute, vigorous taste, while others are much softer. In a word, today everyone can pick up a turnip for both taste and color.
It is important: sowing early ripening varieties of turnip can already in April - in unheated hotbeds and under the film. Then, sow in the open ground during the summer. The medium and late varieties intended for winter storage sow in June and the first half of July. It is important to assemble the turnips in time: the overripe roots become coarse, fibrous and not tasty.
Turnips suffer greatly from the attack of cruciferous fleas in order to protect the crop from pest attacks, it is not worth sowing it where previously other cabbage crops grew, and immediately after germination sprinkle the seeds with tobacco dust mixed with ashes.
If we talk about unexpected varieties, then the Japanese varieties deserve close attention.
Salad varieties (sometimes they are called kokabu or "salad", for example, Azhi Salad Kabu, Salad Komatsuna) have a compact rosette of leaves and small white roots, which are sweeter than the usual turnips, since they practically do not contain mustard oil, giving a bitter taste and characteristic odor.
Leaves of salad varieties contain a lot of iron.
In addition, these are early ripening varieties - from mass shoots to technical ripeness passes all 45-55 days. Sheet turnip (kabuna) does not form a root crop at all, only leaves that taste good, rich in vitamin C, beta-carotene, vitamins and mineral salts go into food.
Or our Snow-maiden - early ripening shade-tolerant and resistant to low temperatures. And the leaves and small white turnips are juicy, tasty, but they are not suitable for long-term storage, but you can sow it several times a season. Salad variety Rattle is also early, although it can be considered a kind of transitional option, since its reps can grow up to 200 g, like the Geisha variety.
In the variety Sapphire - salad greens reach consumer ripeness already in 30-35 days after the emergence of mass shoots.
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The best varieties of turnips - photo
TIP: many varieties of early leaf and salad turnip can be grown not only in beds and in greenhouses in early spring, but also as a container plant on a balcony or a window sill, since these are shade-tolerant plants.
© Author: O. Uvarova
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Japanese salad turnips (kabu, kokabu, kabuna) are little known in our gardeners. In all its varieties, both tops and root crops are equally edible. Japanese turnip contains almost no mustard oils, so it tastes much sweeter and more tender than ordinary turnip. Kabu is also different in size: it is much smaller than its European cousin - from 4 to 8 cm in diameter.
Salad Japanese turnip has a number of undoubted advantages. She has a rich vitamin composition, hastened. Salad and leaf varieties ripen especially quickly - their growing season is from 21 to 60 days. Japanese turnips are shade-tolerant and cold-resistant, withstand frosts of -3 ° C. Some varieties (for example, Geisha) grow in poor lighting conditions, even on winter windowsills. Resistant to flowering. Varieties: Snow Maiden, Snow White, Sapphire, Selek-ta, Tokyo.
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My grandmother told me in her childhood that the turnip should be sown either in early spring, or in summer, after Petrova day (12 July). Even one of the popular varieties of this vegetable is called Petrovsky. This is an early variety, as early as 2-2,5 months after the emergence of sprouts, you can start pulling out golden-yellow succulent roots. They are very tasty!
For the summer sowing is also suitable Geisha. The plants have smooth leaves, so when thinning, I do not throw out unnecessary shoots, but add vitamin "tops" to salads. For the original, slightly elongated shape and white-pink color I like the brand Comet. A orbit is good because it is well kept.
In the summer I plant my turnip where peas grew. I do grooves in the garden at a distance of 25 cm. I mix seeds with water, I put it into my mouth and then blow it into the garden. So the planting turns out uncontracted (but here you need skill!). In September, I harvest root crops for food. And those who will go for winter storage, dig in the beginning or in the middle of October.