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: 5 kg/ha
- 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
GLAS Scheme:
- The following table presents the full list of prescribed catch crops permitted within the GLAS scheme.
- For GLAS, a mixture of at least two crops from the prescribed list must be sowing.
- Catch crops must remain in place until after 1 December.
| Brassica | Legume | Cereal | Other |
| Forage Rape
3-5 kg/ha |
Crimson Clover
10-15 kg/ha |
Rye
65-80 kg/ha |
Phacelia
2-5 kg/ha |
| Leafy Turnip
5 kg/ha |
Berseem Clover
10-15 kg/ha |
Oats
75-100 kg/ha |
Buckwheat
30-40 kg/ha |
| Tillage Radish
5 kg/ha |
Vetch
12 kg/ha |
Black Oats
75-100 kg/ha |
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| Mustard
6-10 kg/ha |
Peas
30 kg/ha |
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| Beans
90-100 kg/ha |
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