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Toto turnip

  • Palatable turnip with high stock aceptance
  • High yield potential
  • Tankard bulb shape with excellent crop utilisation (90%)
  • Improved turnip mosaic virus tolerance
  • Early maturing summer turnip (56-90 days after sowing)
  • Reduced costs per kilogram of dry matter
  • Pair alongside the later maturing Cleancrop™ bulb turnip for 60 days of feed
Cleancrop Toto turnip DLF Seeds
Suitable For

Sowing Rate: 1-2kg/ha
Rainfall: Minimum 600mm per annum
Weeks to Grazing: From 56 to 90 days

High yields and early maturity

Sow early maturing Toto turnip seed for a high yielding, bulb turnip that can be grazed from 56 days after sowing. The tankard bulb shape coupled with great bulb softness promotes excellent crop utilisation by stock whilst providing farmers with palatable feed during summer and autumn. 

As part of the Cleancrop Brassica System, Toto has been bred to be tolerant to the sulfonylurea herbicide Telar™ - A broad spectrum herbicide that provides excellent control of broad leaf weeds from the pre-emerge stage.

Available through accredited retailers only and sold as a complete package (seed + herbicide)

Brassica seed sowing rate (sole dryland): 1kg/ha
Brassica seed sowing rate (sole summer safe/irrigated): 2kg/ha

To learn more about the DLF Seeds Cleancrop  Brassica Managment System or, to find your nearest accredited retailer, get in touch with your local DLF Seeds Sales Agronomist here. 

Control weeds and increase yields with Cleancrop™ Toto turnip

Toto turnip is a cultivar that is part of the Cleancrop™ Brassica System, a simple weed management solution that combines the power of broad-spectrum herbicide Telar  and plants bred to tolerate it.

Telar takes care of 48 weeds at the time of sowing, freeing up moisture and nutrients to give your crop the best chance of maximising performance and delivering a superior return on your seed investment. 

  • Control weeds within 48 hours of sowing
  • No moisture required# to activate Telar herbicide
  • No soil incorporation required
  • Adaptable to method of sowing

NOTE: Telar cannot be used on regular brassicas

Cleancrop example DLF Seeds

LEFT Telar™ not applied: Example of Toto turnip with a high weed burden of Fathen
RIGHT Telar™ applied: Example of Toto turnip with Telar™ herbicide applied

Weeds controlled with Telar™

African turnip weed, Brome grass>, Ball Mustard, Capeweed, Cape Tupil, Deadnettle, Docks, Fathen>, Fumitory>, Hoary Cress, Indian Hedge Mustard, King Island melilot, Lincoln weed, Loosestrife, Mintweed, Mouse-eared Chickweed, New Zealand spinach, Onion grass, Paterson’s Curse, Pimpernels, Rough poppy, Saltbush, Saffron thistle, Shepherds Purse, Soursob, Slender thistle, Spear thistle, Storksbill, Tree hogweed, Turnip weed, Wild radish, Wild Turnip and Wireweed. 

For full list of weeds controlled by Telar, see below or download here. 

# - Suppression when applied pre-sowing and post-sowing pre-emergence (PSPE)
> - Suppression only. 

Rainfall

Minimum 600mm rainfall per annum unless irrigated

Cleancrop™ Management Guide
The Cleancrop™ Management Guide will tell you everything you need to know about growing and managing your Cleancrop™ brassica crop including Telar™ applications, cultivar information and more.
Telar™ Label
Full list of 48 weeds controlled by Telar™ Herbicide.