Is cabbage a turnip?

Cabbage is a kind of vegetable that is often eaten in daily life, and it is one of the important vegetables in China, so is cabbage a turnip?

1. Growth habits of cabbage

Cabbage likes warm, moist and adequate light. More cold-resistant, but also have the ability to adapt to high temperature. The suitable temperature for growth is 15-20 ℃. If the fleshy stem is enlarged at a high temperature of more than 30 ℃, the fleshy stem is prone to fibrosis. The selection of soil is not very strict, but it is suitable for planting in humus-rich clay loam or sandy loam. Cabbage seedlings must undergo vernalization at 0-10 ℃, then bolting, flowering and fruiting under long sunshine and suitable temperature.

Is cabbage a turnip?

Cabbage is kohlrabi, the scientific name of cabbage is cabbage, is a cruciferous, brassica annual or biennial herbs, also known as kohlrabi, lotus white and so on. However, some areas also refer to potherb and other shepherd's purse as turnips.

What are the main varieties of cabbage?

1. Wild cabbage

Biennial or perennial herbs. The lower leaves are large, pinnately parted, with colored veins and stalks; the apical lobe is large, the top is rounded, and the base is cordate. Racemes to 30 cm or more in fruit; flowers pale yellow; sepals oblong, erect; petals Obovate.

2. Brassica oleracea soup

The stem is stout, erect, 0.5-1 m high, with large soft leaf buds in all leaf axils, 2-3 cm in diameter, occasionally cultivated in major cities in China. Leaf buds are eaten as vegetables.

3. Cauliflower

Herbs biennial, 60-90 cm tall, farinose. Stem erect, stout, branched. Basal and lower leaves oblong to elliptic; petiole 2-3 cm long; upper leaves of stem smaller and sessile. Racemes terminal and axillary; flowers yellowish, then white. Seeds broadly elliptic, brown. Flowering in April and fruiting in May.