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Turnip succession planting plan

Use the turnip option for repeat root crops, with its own interval and autumn boundary. Rutabaga advice from a shared growing guide is not substituted.

Plan repeat sowings of Turnip

Editable example
Growing purpose

When enabled, the earlier of your end date and the source reference sets the last possible batch. Turn it off only to make a deliberate custom schedule.

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3 sowing batches

Root harvest · 14 days

  1. Batch 1 Direct sow
  2. Batch 2 Direct sow
  3. Batch 3 Direct sow

The end date is inclusive. Cross-year schedules keep the correct calendar year.

Next would be May 13, 2027; it is after your end date and is excluded.

The source stopping reference (Sep 3, 2027) is applied. Your own earlier end date still takes priority.

Sources and conditions

The repeat-sowing option is for turnips under standard practices; greens-only harvest may need different spacing.

  • The succession source assumes standard growing practices. Variety, heat, daylight and protection can change useful sowing dates.
Johnny’s Selected Seeds · Succession Planting Charts for Vegetables ↗

This is the source chart’s latest-sowing reference under the stated conditions. It does not promise maturity or a harvest by that date.

  • The succession source assumes standard growing practices. Variety, heat, daylight and protection can change useful sowing dates.
  • The repeat-sowing option is for turnips under standard practices; greens-only harvest may need different spacing.
Johnny’s Selected Seeds · Succession Planting Charts for Vegetables ↗

These are source-specific stopping references. They are not a promise of harvest before frost. Review crop, variety and cover conditions.

These sources describe particular climates and growing methods. Use the conditions alongside the numbers.

Schedule the intended root crop

The selected chart supplies a fourteen-day interval for turnips. Choose spacing for the roots you intend to retain, and record a different goal if growing leaves alone. A dense greens crop is not automatically the same layout.

Johnny’s Selected Seeds ↗

An example approaching autumn

With first frost entered as October 15, 2027, the six-week-before boundary is September 3. A user start of August 6 produces August 6, August 20 and September 3. Each date is a sowing event, with no promised maturity date attached.

Johnny’s Selected Seeds ↗

Check the next bed section

A new batch needs suitable soil and available space. If the earlier turnips still occupy the area, move the next batch to a reserved section or revise the plan. Keep a local override visible rather than changing the reviewed source values.

Utah State University Extension ↗

Questions growers ask

Can I reuse the turnip interval for rutabagas?

This record does not establish that. Rutabagas have a different growth and spacing context and need a separately reviewed record.

Sources and conditions

These sources describe particular climates and growing methods. Use the conditions alongside the numbers.

Succession Planting Charts for Vegetables ↗

General intervals under standard growing practices. Crop purpose and protected-cover exceptions matter; these are not harvest guarantees.

How to Grow Rutabagas and Turnips in Your Garden ↗

Turnip-specific spring timing and detailed spacing are used. Rutabaga spacing and season requirements are excluded.