Leafy Turnip
Leafy turnip is a member of the brassica family with high early vigour. Its deep rooting will help condition the soil and relocate nutrients from the sub-soil to the top.
Leafy turnip will also help reduce nitrogen leaching.
- Sowing rate: 4-6 kg/ha
- Sowing time: Sow from mid-July up until 15 September if sowing for ACRES
- Frost tolerance: Good
- Biomass: Yields of 3-5 t DM, suitable as a forage crop
- Pests & diseases: Generally not a problem, but clubroot could become an issue if brassicas are used as a cover crop over a period of years
Information for ACRES participants
- The following table presents the full list of prescribed catch crops permitted within the ACRES scheme.
- For ACRES, a mixture of at least two crops from the prescribed list must be sown by 15 September.
- Catch crops must remain in place until after 1 January.
| Brassica | Legume | Cereal | Other |
| Forage rape
4-5 kg/ha |
Crimson clover
10-15 kg/ha |
Rye
65-75 kg/ha |
Phacelia
4-5 kg/ha |
| Leafy turnip
4-6 kg/ha |
Berseem clover
10-15 kg/ha |
Oats
60-75 kg/ha |
Buckwheat
30-40 kg/ha |
| Tillage radish
4-6 kg/ha |
Vetch
15 kg/ha |
Black oats
30-40 kg/ha |
Sunflowers
10-15 kg/ha |
| Mustard
8-10 kg/ha |
Peas
40-50 kg/ha |
Linseed
15 kg/ha |
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| Beans
70-90 kg/ha |
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| Red clover
8-10 kg/ha |
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