Growing in Grove

Best time to plant turnip in Grove

Brassica rapa

Also called white turnip

Sow turnip in Grove in Sep to May.

Turnips are root vegetables with a white, fleshy, roughly round taproot, often purple, red or green on the part that pokes above the soil. Smaller, tender types are the ones grown for the table, and larger ones go to livestock. In some regions the name also gets applied to swede, a related but different vegetable.

When to sow in Grove

Grove, TAS is in the cool zone. Its months for turnip apply here without a frost adjustment.

Matches local guides.

Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.

Frost in Grove

Frost usually arrives in Grove around late February and finishes by early December. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as late January or as late as late December, so frost-tender crops are planned around those dates.

From its Bureau of Meteorology station, 1991 to 2020, counting a night at 2°C or lower as a frost. Frost hollows and hillsides can shift these dates by weeks, so ask the growers at your garden too.

On a shared plot: suits a plot

Finishes in a season and stays within its space, so it suits most plots.

Growing details

How to start
Sow directly in the bed
Sowing depth
12mm
Plant spacing
10cm
Row spacing
40cm
Height
30cm
Germination
About 14 days
Time to harvest
55 days from sowing
Frost
Hardy, takes a light frost
Sun
Full sun
Life cycle
biennial, usually grown as an annual

These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.

Turnip elsewhere

Turnip across Australia