Turnip Purple Top White Globe Seeds

Grow sweet, tender shaljam with Turnip Purple Top White Globe seeds (Brassica rapa). The classic two-tone turnip for shaljam gosht and winter salan, plus peppery green tops for the saag pot, quick, hardy and generous in every Pakistani winter garden.

Growing Guide for Pakistan

• Sowing time: September to November in the plains; late August to October in Islamabad; October to December in Karachi.
• Method: Direct sow 1 cm deep in rows; turnips dislike transplanting.
• Germination: 4–8 days at 15–25°C.
• Spacing: Thin to 10 cm; cook the thinnings as greens.
• Harvest: 50–60 days, at tennis-ball size for the sweetest flesh; frost improves flavour.
• Sun and water: Full sun; quick, even watering keeps roots mild and crack-free.

Plan with what to sow in September; patchy rows are explained in why seeds fail to germinate in Pakistan.

Germination-tested in Lahore since 1932. Browse the full winter vegetable seeds collection.