When to plant Turnip in Montana, United States

Turnip can be planted after May 30, when air temperature is consistently in a range between 40°F and 86°F and soil temperature is above 45°F.

Growing Turnip in Montana

Turnip needs on average between 40 and 75 days to mature and produce harvest.

Montana has 2 distinct seasons suitable for growing Turnip

• May 30 to July 16

  This Turnip growing season in Montana is quite short, with only 48 days suitable for growth so it is really important to time your planting activities, and choose varieties with shorter time to harvest requirements.

• August 19 to October 01

  This Turnip growing season in Montana is quite short, with only 44 days suitable for growth so it is really important to time your planting activities, and choose varieties with shorter time to harvest requirements.

Planting Turnip in Montana before May 30 without any additional protection is not advised because cold streaks can damage or kill off young plant.

Growing season extention

In order to maximize chances for a good harvest of Turnip in Montana, some extra steps can be taken to extend growing season.

Start seeds indoors

When starting seeds indoors, it is possible to guarantee best possible conditions for young seedlings. Consistent temperature range, adequate watering and ample light (natural, supplemented with artifitial grow lights) will ensure you have strong and healthy seedlings just in time for transplanting into soil.

It takes 35 days on average for Turnip to sprout, and grow big enough to be ready for transplanting.

Montana has 2 distinct seasons for growing Turnip

• In order to get plants ready for May 30 seeds should be started indoors bwetween April 25 and May 02

  Seeds started after May 02 are not likely to mature and produce harvest.

  This Turnip growing season in Montana is quite short, with only 48 days suitable for growth so it is really important to time your planting activities, and choose varieties with shorter time to harvest requirements.

• In order to get plants ready for August 19 seeds should be started indoors bwetween July 15 and July 18

  Seeds started after July 18 are not likely to mature and produce harvest.

  This Turnip growing season in Montana is quite short, with only 44 days suitable for growth so it is really important to time your planting activities, and choose varieties with shorter time to harvest requirements.

Use a cold frame

When using a cold frame in a beggining of growing season You can protect young plants from possible temperature drops, this way growing season can start up to 2 weeks earlier.

Use an additional shading

On days, when air temperatures are expected to raise above 86°F, which is in top of tolerable range for Turnip, consider using additional shading to prevent heat shock.

Table with days suitable to grow vegetables in Montana

For more precise weather statisctics and planting information, please select a County in Montana.

• Beaverhead County

• Big Horn County

• Blaine County

• Broadwater County

• Carbon County

• Carter County

• Cascade County

• Chouteau County

• Custer County

• Daniels County

• Dawson County

• Deer Lodge County

• Fallon County

• Fergus County

• Flathead County

• Gallatin County

• Garfield County

• Glacier County

• Golden Valley County

• Granite County

• Hill County

• Jefferson County

• Judith Basin County

• Lake County

• Lewis and Clark County

• Liberty County

• Lincoln County

• Madison County

• McCone County

• Meagher County

• Mineral County

• Missoula County

• Musselshell County

• Park County

• Petroleum County

• Phillips County

• Pondera County

• Powder River County

• Powell County

• Prairie County

• Ravalli County

• Richland County

• Roosevelt County

• Rosebud County

• Sanders County

• Sheridan County

• Silver Bow County

• Stillwater County

• Sweet Grass County

• Teton County

• Toole County

• Treasure County

• Valley County

• Wheatland County

• Wibaux County

• Yellowstone County