Turnip (Raap)

Characteristics:

Rival:

• Early maturing (14 weeks), summer turnip,
• Excellent leaf production and leaf holding Tankard shaped bulb with high proportion above ground Short term, one graze, summer crop.,
• Rival is ideally used as part of a pasture renovation programme within dairy farms that have a period of dry or a loss of pasture quality through January and February,
• Time to first grazing: 12-14 weeks.

Australian purple top:

• 12-14 weeks to mature,
• Summer turnip,
• Increased tolerance to drought,
• Purple top white base bulb-type turnip,
• Suggested sowing time: Sept – Jan.

Green clobe:

• Multi-purpose product can be sown for grazing in summer, autumn and winter,
• Most winter hardy bulb turnip available,
• Green Globe is a late maturing traditional white turnip with a globe shaped bulb,
• Time to first grazing: 13-17 weeks,
• Suggested sowing time: Sept – March