6 TURNIP – 6.191 - PLANT FACTS and VARIETIES

 

ORGANIC FARMING COURSE AGRO-ECONOMY   

6 TURNIP – 6.191 - PLANT FACTS and VARIETIES  

Do not be misled by the overgrown, woody roots you my have bought from the greengrocer for stews or casserole – home – grown turnips have much more to offer.

There are Early or bunching varieties which are sown in spring and then pulled when they are the size of golf-balls for eating raw in salads or for boiling whole for the dinner plate. Round is not the only shape for these early turnips – there are also flat and cylindric ones.

There is not much variation in the globular Maincrop types sawn in summer, but you can choose the yellow-fleshed Golden Ball. Finally, turnips can be sawn in the autumn and the tops cut for spring greens once winter is over- a green vegetable which is more nutrition’s than spinach. Turnips are an easy-to-grow and quick maturing crop but remember that the Early varieties are more demanding than the Maincrops varieties – and check due to starvation, poor drainage, dryness at the roots, etc. will drastically reduce both tenderness and flavour.

EARLY VARIETIES:

PRESTO; SNOWBALL; EARLY WHITE STONE; PURPLE TOP MILAN; RED GLOBE; GOLDEN PERFECTION; TOKYO GROSS; SPRINTER.

MAINCROP VARIETIES:

GREEN TOP WHITE; MANCHESTER MARKET; GOLDEN BALL; CHAMPION GREEN TOP YELLOW;

Text from The Vegetable & Herb Expert D.D.G. Hessayon

KOZI YA KILIMO HAI KILIMO-UCHUMI

6 TURNIP – 6.191 - UKWELI WA MIMEA na AINA AINA

Usipotoshwe na mizizi iliyokua, yenye miti mingi ambayo umenunua kutoka kwa mboga mboga kwa ajili ya kitoweo au bakuli - zamu iliyopandwa nyumbani ina mengi zaidi ya kutoa.

Kuna aina ya Mapema au bunching ambayo hupandwa katika chemchemi na kisha kuvutwa ikiwa ni saizi ya mipira ya gofu kwa kula mbichi kwenye saladi au kwa kuchemsha nzima kwa sahani ya chakula cha jioni. Mviringo sio sura pekee ya turnips hizi za mapema - pia kuna gorofa na cylindrical.

Hakuna tofauti nyingi katika aina kuu za globular zilizokatwa wakati wa kiangazi, lakini unaweza kuchagua Mpira wa Dhahabu wa rangi ya manjano. Hatimaye, turnips zinaweza kukatwa katika vuli na vilele vya kukatwa kwa ajili ya mboga za spring mara tu baridi inapoisha- mboga ya kijani ambayo ina lishe zaidi kuliko mchicha. Turnips ni zao ambalo ni rahisi kuotesha na linalokomaa haraka lakini kumbuka kwamba aina za Mapema zinahitajika zaidi kuliko aina za Mazao Makuu - na ukiangalia kutokana na njaa, unyevunyevu, ukavu kwenye mizizi, n.k. itapunguza kwa kiasi kikubwa ulaini na ladha.

AINA ZA MAPEMA:

PRESTO; MPIRA wa theluji; JIWE NYEUPE MAPEMA; MILAN YA JUU YA PURPLE; GLOBU NYEKUNDU; UKAMILIFU WA DHAHABU; TOKYO GROSS; SPRINTER.

AINA KUU:

NYEUPE YA KIJANI KWA JUU; SOKO LA MANCHESTER; MPIRA WA DHAHABU; BINGWA KIJANI MANJANO YA JUU;

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