I really don't know what to say - check with Guiness that could be a record, unbelievable.
I love this! - There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their work, you would find them smiling.
This turnip was planted from seed in April. It was in the ground about six months. I did thin my turnips well in the spring, so it had room to grow. I had no idea they would get so large. I have grown turnips for years, but never had anything like this. I think it was giving it the room to grow that made the difference. Here is a pic when they were growing. Look at the size of those leaves.
Wow, Jal, now that's some turnip! It almost looks like 3 that were fused together.
It doesn't surprise, though, now that I see those lush greens.
My beets didn't get as large as I had hoped they would this year and I think it's largely from the deer eating the leaves. They were a good size and I'm happy with them, I was just expecting the Lutz variety to be a little larger then the others.
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It would have been tough and woody tasting? I once grew those long white radishes, and they tasted bland and woody even when small.
Back to Cherry Belles I went !
God must think highly of animals - He created them before creating us !
Do you give something like that to the animals --or would you if you had them? What kind of animal would eat one? They sell shredded dehydrated beet pulp for horses don't they? ...but his is a turnip.... just curious
Sheep, cows and pigs are happy to be fed turnip,happens a lot in Scotland through the winter.
I often see them in the fields when I go North for some February salmon fishing .
A gardener with a small shady back garden and a balcony with containers ,
biggest problem not enough sunshine !
Thanks! Now if I ever have a little farm... I keep thinking maybe I could "innocently" start trucking in Quails, Bantams, Pygmy Goats, and Mini Pigs, Donkeys and Horses... Do you think my neighbors would notice?
When you say that a turnip is good for a fall crop, are you saying one planted in spring matures in fall or that you plant in summer for fall maturity?
How do turnips grow; underground like radishes?
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Plant in summer for fall maturity is how I have always grown neeps - and yes, they're a root crop, like beets or radishes. Neeps-a-mashie is one of my favourite fall side-dishes.