Grow guide
How to grow Turnip Gilfeather
Brassica rapa subsp. rapa
- Type
- Turnip
- Zones
- USDA zones 2–11
- Sun
- Full
- Time to harvest
- 80–90 days
- Spacing
- 4″ apart
- Density
- 9 per sq ft
- Habit
- Bush
- Frost tolerance
- Hardy
- Sowing
- Direct sow
- Start indoors
- 0 weeks before last frost
Care
- Water Weekly
- Thin As needed
- Harvest As needed
Notes
Vermont heirloom on Slow Food's Ark of Taste; white-fleshed and mild, best sown late summer for fall harvest.
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