Sow in a band
1" apart for baby turnips, 2" for big ones.
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A seed worth growing
A sweet white salad turnip.
Hakurei makes smooth, flattened round white roots that mature early, just behind radishes. Raw, they are sweet, fruity, juicy and tender, and they stay smooth as they size up.
Best picked young, up to 2" across. The tops are good raw or lightly cooked.
About 38 days from sowing. F1 hybrid.
In stock — Packet
Know before you sow

Growing times vary with weather, soil and local conditions.
1" apart for baby turnips, 2" for big ones.
Keeps flea beetles and root maggots off.
Small roots are the smoothest.
High humidity keeps roots crisp.
Brassica rapa
Turnips handle moderate frost and like fertile, free-draining soil at pH 6.0–7.5.
Counted from direct sowing.
From early spring to late summer, sow 1/4–1/2" deep in a 2–4" band, in rows 12–18" apart. For small turnips, space seeds about 1" apart (around 35 per foot); for bigger roots, 2" apart at half that rate.
At 35 seeds per foot in 18" rows: about 1 oz. per 320 ft., or 5⅔ lb. per acre.
Row cover laid at sowing keeps out flea beetles and root maggots.
Small, radish-sized turnips are ready in about 30 days and full-sized roots in 40–50. Roots are smoothest when young.
Bunched with greens, turnips keep 10–14 days at 32°F (0°C) and 95% humidity. Fall-harvested storage types, topped, keep 4–6 months at 0–4°C (32–40°F) and 90–95% humidity.
400 seeds.
About 181,650 on average.
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