Edible swede and turnips

Swedes and turnips are grown for sale as a whole root or for further processing as prepared vegetables, for example for soups. 

Swedes and turnips require imcompacted well-drained loams, silts and light clay loams. The crops can be grown around the UK but are mainly grown in areas with cool surmners, such as the south-west, west and north of England, Wales and Scotland. 

A fine, firm and moist seedbed is needed for imiform crop establishment. 

Directly drilled in beds for mechanical lifting at a target spacing of 20-25 plants/m. Early crops are drilled in April and harvested from Jnly to September. The main crop is drilled from April to May in the north of the UK and May to July in the south for harvesting from September to March. 

Where clnb root is a problem, particularly on acid soils, swedes and turnips should be grown no more than one year in four or five after another brassica crop with a plarmed Uming pohcy before planting. 

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