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Now That's A Turnip

Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 1:06 pm
by jal_ut
[img]https://donce.lofthouse.com/jamaica/big_turnip.jpg[/img]

Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 1:11 pm
by Canadian Farmer Guy
:shock: You never cease to amaze me.

What will you do with it?

CFG

WOW

Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 6:03 pm
by Avonnow
I really don't know what to say - check with Guiness that could be a record, unbelievable. :wink:

Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 8:08 pm
by Francis Barnswallow
How long did that take to grow?

Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 4:45 pm
by lakngulf
Are you growing on a site that was an ancient nuclear plant? Wow, that is some turnip.

Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 5:52 pm
by Gary350
I think that will feed about half a dozen people.

Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 12:33 am
by jal_ut
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.

[img]https://donce.lofthouse.com/jamaica/turnip_7_4_2010.jpg[/img]

Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 11:11 am
by garden5
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.

Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 9:49 pm
by DeborahL
Did you eat it? How was it?

Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 10:56 pm
by jal_ut
I am not going to eat it. I can't imagine it being any good. I have some nice young ones to eat. Turnips are a good fall crop.

[img]https://donce.lofthouse.com/jamaica/turnips.jpg[/img]

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 12:35 am
by DeborahL
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 !

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 7:38 am
by applestar
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 :?:

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 8:20 am
by ACW
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 .

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 11:15 am
by lorax
About the only thing a neep that big is good for is carving a halloween lantern...

AS, Goats love turnips, both the greens and the root.

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 11:45 am
by applestar
Thanks! Now if I ever have a little farm... 8) I keep thinking maybe I could "innocently" start trucking in Quails, Bantams, Pygmy Goats, and Mini Pigs, Donkeys and Horses... :lol: Do you think my neighbors would notice? :> :kidding:

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 1:07 pm
by garden5
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?

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 2:02 pm
by lorax
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.

Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 5:21 pm
by gixxerific
Awesome and as usual James you came up with some off the wall size veggie yet again. Keep it up. :D