Purple Top Turnip across regions.
Purple Top Turnip is reviewed in 2 of 15 agricultural regions for which we have independent variety performance data. Regions without an entry indicate insufficient data — not necessarily that the variety underperforms there. 2026 review cycle.
Performance by region
- New EnglandLimited Data
- Mid-Atlantic NorthLimited Data
- Mid-Atlantic SouthLimited Data
- Upper SoutheastGood
Late-summer planted purple top turnips fit the Upper Southeast bow-and-rifle hunting calendar well — frost-driven palatability spike usually arrives during early November, aligning with the rifle opener in much of TN and KY.
- Deep SouthLimited Data
- Gulf Coast / FloridaLimited Data
- Corn Belt NorthLimited Data
- Corn Belt CoreGood
Purple top turnip is the easy-button brassica for Corn Belt food plots — broadcast in late summer (early August in MW-2), establishes fast, and frost-triggered sugar conversion in November consistently turns whitetails onto the plot just as bow season transitions to gun season. Cheap seed cost per acre is a major reason it remains a food plot staple.
- Corn Belt SouthLimited Data
- Southern PlainsLimited Data
- TexasLimited Data
- Northern RockiesLimited Data
- Southern RockiesLimited Data
- Pacific NorthwestLimited Data
- CaliforniaLimited Data
Regions marked “Limited Data” have not yet been reviewed for this variety. We don’t generate review pages where verified performance data is insufficient — a missing page is better than a fabricated summary.
Purple Top Turnip as a food plot
Brassicas as a hunting food plot.
Brassicas are the late-season deer food plot species. Tubers and tops sweeten after frost and become primary attraction during the rut and post-rut. Time planting 60-90 days before first hard frost.
- Upper SoutheastCommunity Reports
- Corn Belt CoreCommunity Reports
- 13 additional regions pending review.