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Description: the flat turnip of Milan forms a bulging root, fleshy and flattened, with white flesh and pink-purple collar. Its coloring is beautiful and well defined. Its flesh is fine and very tasty.
Family: Brassicaceae
Latin name: Brassica rapa L. var. rapa
Exposure: sun or half-shade.
Weight: 1 g
Growing Guide
Soil care: easy to grow, likes rich soil but is happy with poor soil. Appreciates humidity and heat.
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.