Beautiful, red salad turnips.
These slightly flattened turnips have sweet, crisp, white flesh with spicy, red skin. Internal red splashes of color add to the appeal when sliced. The hairless, dark green tops have attractive red stems and can be used in salads, or cooked on their own or with the roots. Best when harvested at 2-3" in diameter. Try them with Hakurei. Avg. 124,000 seeds/lb. Packet: 400 seeds.
Days to Maturity or Bloom: 43
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2423 Scarlet Queen Green Stems available in larger sizes.
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Growing Information:
Turnips
CULTURE: Sow in early spring through late summer in a 2" wide band, seeds 1" apart (35 seeds/ft.) for small turnips (half this rate for larger turnips), 1/4- 1/2" deep, rows 12-18" apart.
INSECT PESTS: Floating row covers (see Index) installed on day of sowing will keep turnips free of insect pests, including flea beetles and root maggots.
HARVEST: Young, radish-size turnips in about 30 days, full size in 40-50 days. Roots are smoothest when small.
STORAGE: Turnips with greens store at 32°F (0°C) and 95% humidity for 10-14 days. Not intended for long-term winter storage.
AVG. DIRECT SEEDING RATE: 320'/oz., 3.1 oz./1,000', 5 2/3 lb./acre at 35 seeds/ft. in rows 18" apart.
SEED SPECS: See individual varieties.
PACKET: 400 seeds sows 11'.
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