Organic Turnip: Milan Red Top.

Description

Organic Turnip: Milan Red Top. Brassica rapa, rapa.

Milan red top is an old variety producing a smooth tuber with white and red flesh.

How to grow:
Sow seeds as follows:
Under cover: March and April and August and September.
Outside: March and April and August.
Into a well prepared seed bed in shallow drills about 35cms apart. Drop a few seeds together so they grow in an easy to harvest bunch. They’ll be ready to harvest from the size of a golf ball to hurling ball size, taking about 2 months to mature.

Problem solving:
Keep slugs off when young. Keep well watered so they don’t bolt. Flea beetle can affect the leaves, but they’re not in for very long so it doesn’t matter much.

Favourite ways to eat them:
Turnip skin is thin, so you can roast them whole, or cut up and boil, lovely mashed up with salt and butter. Milan red top is also really tasty raw so you can grate or chop up into salads.

Cultural history:
Cultivated for centuries for their great taste and nutritional value.

Avg contents:  1g (~700 seeds).