Turnips are fast-growing vegetables cultivated for mild, spicy roots and also for edible greens. You can grow and harvest this versatile crop throughout the year, and eat it raw or cooked.

The vegetative stage of wild turnip is a rosette. This means the growing point is at ground level, and leaves radiate out from this growing point. Leaves on the rosette are covered with bristly hairs.

Some root crops such as turnips, swedes and kohl rabi are also part of this nutritious group. Most brassicas are relatively easy to grow; however, unless you're an experienced gardener ...