Purple Top Turnip Microgreen Seed Highlights
- Germination:Â 2 to 3 days
- Soak:Â No need
- Harvest:Â 8 to 10 days
- Flavor: A mix between a mild turnip and non-spicy radish with a sweet cabbage-like flavor.
- Rich Nutrients:Â Vitamins C, E, K, beta-carotene, and iron.
Purple Top Turnip microgreens are fast and easy to grow. In addition, turnips prefer lower light levels than most microgreens, making them ideal for those without a sunny window or artificial lights.
These microgreens have green tops with mostly white stems. However, the stems turn a variegated pink and purple with more light.
Flavor profiles for Purple Top Turnip microgreens are varied. Some people think the flavor is similar to kale or spinach. Others say they taste more like a non-spicy radish.
I think they taste like a mild turnip with a sweet cabbage-like flavor.
Purple top turnip microgreen seeds germinate quickly, and you can harvest in as few as eight days; they are a very quick and tall-growing microgreen.
Purple Top Turnip Microgreen Seed Package Sizes
- The Home Microgreens tray seed packet weighs 2.7 grams and contains approximately 900 seeds.
- The 1010-tray seed packet weighs 7.2 grams.
We also sell Purple Top Turnip microgreen seed in the following sizes.
- By the ounce, and
- 4-once bag.
How Much Seed Do You Need For Your Tray?
You don’t need to worry about how much seed you need if you use Home Microgreen planting trays or 1010 trays. Each seed packet has the correct number of seeds for a perfect Purple Top Turnip microgreens tray.
The seeding area of a Home Microgreen Tray is 37.5 square inches.
However, if you’re using a different planting tray, use the calculator in the article below to figure out how much seed you need.
Click this link to use the calculator: Home Microgreens Seed Density Calculator.