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Turnip Variety Selector: Which One For Your Garden
Every recommendation below traces back to our full Turnip varieties comparison — this page is the fast route to one answer for your specific situation, no clicking through required.
If: I'm doing repeated small sowings and don't want a dry spell to ruin one or I want the fastest possible turnaround between sowings → Not sure, just give me the safest all-round choice or Not sure, just give me the safest all-round choice
OasisAGM
Oasis carries the AGM, and it's slow to bolt (flower) or turn woody, the trait that most directly protects a repeated small-batch sowing plan from a bad week of weather. It's also delicately flavoured rather than purely a speed-grown baby root, so it holds up reasonably well if a sowing gets left a little longer than planned.
If: I want the fastest possible turnaround between sowings → Just the fastest one available
Tokyo CrossAGM
At 35 to 60 days from sowing it's the quickest of the group, useful for squeezing an extra batch or two into a short Scottish season, particularly for a late-summer sowing that needs to finish before the weather turns.
If: I want the fastest possible turnaround between sowings → I'd like a colour and flavour difference too
Temari RedAGM
Temari Red is the alternative to Tokyo Cross if you want the same salad-turnip speed with a different colour and flavour note on the plate: scarlet skin with white flesh and a red blush.
If: I want a bigger root, more like a traditional purple-topped turnip
AtlanticAGM
Atlantic is the one variety in this set not billed as a Japanese or salad type, an early purple-topped turnip suited to containers as well as open ground. It won't give a genuine winter-storage maincrop in the way an old-fashioned heavy turnip would, but among the AGM-verified options it's the closest to the classic shape and size gardeners expect from the name turnip.
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