Botanical Interests Market Express Turnip Seeds

Join farm-to-table chefs and add this premium Japanese salad turnip to your garden repertoire. Pure white and mild, 'Market Express' is a great baby turnip in salads, crudité trays and pickling, as well as traditional cooked turnip dishes. The roots have a smooth texture and slightly sweet, fruity flavor that upgrades homegrown meals and the greens are also delicious. Fast growing, enjoy 2" baby-sized turnips in only 30 days or grow them to full size (4"-5") in just 40 days.

Market Express' is a white, Japanese salad turnip with dark green, smooth leaf tops, known for being quick to harvest and well-suited for eating fresh as well as cooked.

• Days to Maturity: 30-40 days
• Family: Brassicaceae
• Native: Probably Eurasia
• Hardiness: Frost-tolerant biennial, grown as an annual; will withstand light frost
• Exposure: Full Sun To Part Shade
• Plant Dimensions: 2"-5" Diameter Roots
• Attributes: Frost Tolerant

Recommended. 2 to 4 weeks before your average last frost date and when soil temperatures reach 50°F, ideally 65°-80°F. Successive Sowings: Every 2 weeks up to 8 to 10 weeks before your average first fall frost date. Mild Climates: Sow in fall for cool-season harvest.

Not recommended; roots sensitive to disturbance

• Days To Emerge: 5-10 Days
• Seed Depth: 1/4"
• Seed Spacing: A Group of 3 Seeds Every 4"-6"
• Row Spacing: 18"
• Thinning: Thin To 1 Every 4"-6"

For the most tender turnip, harvest when roots are no larger than 5" in diameter; however, a 3" root will still be of quite good quality. If allowed to grow larger, up to 6", the quality will not be the best for raw use, but will be fine for cooking. If sown for baby greens, harvest greens at 2"-4" tall. Harvesting no more than 25% of the plant's leaves at a time will not affect the plant's ability to produce large roots.

• Type: Conventional