La Semence Bio - Yellow turnip golden ball

TURNIP YELLOW BALL OF GOLD

Description: the turnip Yellow Ball of Gold forms a very smooth round root. Its flesh is yellow, firm, with a delicate, sweet and fragrant taste.

Family: Brassicaceae

Latin name: Brassica rapa L. var. rapa

Exposure: sun or half-shade.

Weight: 1.5 g

Growing Guide

Soil care: easy to grow, likes rich soil but is happy with poor soil. Appreciates humidity and heat. Since it is a root vegetable, and if you have the possibility, choose a loose soil with few stones, you will obtain uniform roots.

Sowing: 1 cm deep in the ground. Thin out by keeping only one plant every 10 cm. Repeat sowing every 20 days.

Emergence: in 4 to 7 days.

Watering: regular in summer, less in autumn.

Harvest: harvest turnips before frost.

Storage: 3 to 4 days in a cool place, can be stored in a cellar in a silo after air drying for one day.

Origin: native of Europe, it is consumed daily until the 18th century and the arrival of the potato.

Advice from La Semence Bio® : it is in primeur (immature harvest: new turnips) that you will have the most beautiful roots.

In the kitchen

Turnips can be cooked from the root to the tops, which can be used to spice up your soups.

Low in calories, turnips are rich in minerals, fiber and vitamin C, especially the tops.

The advice and suggestions are given as an indication only and therefore do not include a guarantee of harvest.