MICRORADICLE

Cultivars / Root crops

Purple Top White Globe

Turnip · Brassica rapa subsp. rapa

Plant in engine

DTM

50 d

57 d occupancy · hardy

Rows

4

3 in in-row

Density

16

plants / bed-ft

Yield

3.2

bunches / bed-ft

Direct $/ft

$10.80

$3.75 / bunch

30 in bed · cross sectionscale 1:8 · looking east
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Propagation

Method
Direct seed
Cell size
Nursery lead
direct only
Germination
4 d
Germ temp
50°F – 85°F (opt 70°F)
Seed spacing
2 in

Field geometry · 30 in

Bed width
30 in
Rows / bed
4
In-row
3 in
Seed spacing
2 in
Plants / linear ft
16
Plants / 50 ft
800

Timeline

DTM from field
50 d
Holding
7 d
Occupancy
57 d
Multicut
no
Fall photoperiod
×1.2
Frost hardiness
Hardy

Yield & revenue

Sales unit
bunch
Units / bed-ft
3.2
Avg unit wt
0.6 lb
Target lb / bed-ft
1.8 lb
Cull rate
10%
Wholesale / Direct
$2.25 / $3.75

Irrigation

Drip lines / bed
2
Emitter spacing
8 in
Emitter GPH
0.42
Weekly water
1 in
GPH / 50 ft
63
Gal / week · 50 ft
77.9

Soil extraction

Fertility demand
Moderate
N / 100 bed-ft
1.1 lb
P / 100 bed-ft
0.3 lb
K / 100 bed-ft
1.6 lb
N-P-K / 50 ft
0.6 / 0.2 / 0.8 lb
Family
Brassicaceae

On this farm · 50 ft block

Season window
2026-03-04 → 2026-11-10
First greenhouse
First harvest
2026-04-23
Successions that fit
5 · every 14 d
Bed-ft for 50 lb
32 ft
Seed for 50 ft
942 seeds · 800 plants
Wholesale / Direct · 50 ft
$324.00 / $540.00

Notes

Storage turnip. Larger, 3-row 4 in.

Companions

pea · allium

Avoid