Vegetable SeedsHSC-TUR-001-PKT
Brassica rapa
38Days to maturity

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Hakurei (F1) Turnip Seed

Item #HSC-TUR-001-PKT

About this variety

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.

Specs

  • Packet: 400 seeds
  • Average 181,650 seeds per lb.

In stock — Packet

Current price $6.25

Know before you sow

Quick Facts

Seed size & germination
Seed size (10 mm scale) and germination soil temperature chart for turnip

Growing times vary with weather, soil and local conditions.

Growing guide

From seed to harvest

Sow in a band

1" apart for baby turnips, 2" for big ones.

Cover at sowing

Keeps flea beetles and root maggots off.

Pick young

Small roots are the smoothest.

Store near freezing

High humidity keeps roots crisp.

Growing Information

Scientific name

Brassica rapa

Culture

Turnips handle moderate frost and like fertile, free-draining soil at pH 6.0–7.5.

Days to maturity

Counted from direct sowing.

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.

Seeding rate

At 35 seeds per foot in 18" rows: about 1 oz. per 320 ft., or 5⅔ lb. per acre.

Insect pests

Row cover laid at sowing keeps out flea beetles and root maggots.

Harvest

Small, radish-sized turnips are ready in about 30 days and full-sized roots in 40–50. Roots are smoothest when young.

Storage

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.

Packet

400 seeds.

Seeds per lb.

About 181,650 on average.

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