Household planning
How many turnip plants?
A normal fresh-eating goal with the catalog loss buffer. Preservation needs and appetite can raise the count.
1 adult8–119 typical plants
2 adults15–2217 typical plants
4 adults30–4334 typical plants
Season timing
When does it go in?
Typical first action4 weeks before last frost
Maturity range40–60 days
Harvest window12–30 days
Latest planting buffer65 days before fall frost
Dates are frost-relative planning windows. Soil temperature, current weather, plant condition, and cultivar instructions can move them.
Calculate dates from my frost date →Space and harvest
What does one plant ask for?
In-row spacing3–6 in
Between rows8–18 in
Yield range0.7–1 count
Yield confidencehigh
Yield ranges assume a surviving plant and still vary with cultivar, soil, sun, weather, pests, watering, and harvest habits.
Container fit
A container can work.
0.3minimum gallons per plant
0.5recommended gallons per plant
8″minimum useful depth