Sowing calendar · Roots
Turnip and turnip tops
Brassica rapa subsp. rapa · Nabo, nabiças e grelos, Nabo y grelos, Navet, Speiserübe, Rapa e cime di rapa, nabo
Calendar
Calendar for mainland Portugal.
- Sow directFeb–Mar, Aug–Nov
- HarvestSep–Jun
- Germination
- 4–6 days · soil from 4 °C
- Spacing
- 30 cm between rows · 10 cm apart
- Sowing depth
- 1 cm
- Harvest after
- 40–70 days
- Water need
- medium
- Frost
- hardy
- Life cycle
- biennial
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Seed saving
- medium · keeps ~4 years
Notes
Young leaves (nabiças) after about 6 weeks, flower shoots (grelos) in late winter, roots in between. Broadcast thickly for greens.
Good neighbours
Keep apart from
Months for mainland Portugal. In the app, sowing and planting follow your own local climate and the forecast.