Now That's A Turnip

[jal_ut]

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[Canadian Farmer Guy]

You never cease to amaze me.

What will you do with it?

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[Avonnow]

I really don't know what to say - check with Guiness that could be a record, unbelievable.

[Francis Barnswallow]

How long did that take to grow?

[lakngulf]

Are you growing on a site that was an ancient nuclear plant? Wow, that is some turnip.

[Gary350]

I think that will feed about half a dozen people.

[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.

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[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.

[DeborahL]

Did you eat it? How was it?

[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.

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[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 !

[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

[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 .

[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.

[applestar]

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?

[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?

[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.

[gixxerific]

Awesome and as usual James you came up with some off the wall size veggie yet again. Keep it up.