Purple Top Milan is an early Italian heirloom turnip with flat, disc-shaped roots, white below and purple above. Tender, mild flesh when harvested young. Ready in about 45 days, which makes it one of the fastest root vegetables you can grow.
Sow direct outdoors from spring onwards. Pull them when they are golf-ball sized for the sweetest flavour. Excellent roasted, mashed, or sliced raw into salads. A genuine quick win for beginners.
ðą Sowing depth: about 1â1.5 cmâ
ð Sow (Ireland): MarchâJune for spring/summer harvests; late JulyâSeptember for autumn cropsâ
âïļ Light: full sun or light partial shadeâ
ðĄïļ Germination: 7â14 days in cool, moist conditionsâ
ð Height: low to medium plants with relatively few leavesâ
ðŠī Spacing: 8â10 cm between plants; 25â30 cm between rowsâ
âģ Harvest: around 50â60 days from sowing, best taken young for the sweetest flavourâ
