Turnip

🧩 Role in the garden

Family

Brassicaceae

Height

low (< 40 cm)

Shape

compact

Roots

medium depth · taproot

Sun

full sun

Season

cool season

Grows in

❄ winter beds (cool season)

Feeds

light feeder

Jobs in the bed

A plain neighbour: no special job.

Rotation

Do not return Brassicaceae to the same spot for 3–4 years. Same family:

• Cabbage
• Radish
• Kohlrabi
• Broccoli
• Cauliflower
• Sweet alyssum

How these roles work in the Guide →

✓ Good neighbours

• ✓ Bean (bush/pole) ☀
• ✓ Pea
• Vetch

☀❄ Grows in a different season: not at the same time in the same bed.