Turnip
Purple Top, White Globe
Expected germination: 7-10 days
Expected harvest: 55 days
36 seeds
06/02: Planted 2 per cell in 18 cells.
06/06: 24 of 36 (67%) have shoots 1/4″ to 1″ tall.
06/10: 36 of 36 (100%) have shoots 1/4″ to 1-1/2″ tall.
06/14: 36 of 36 (100%) have shoots 1″ to 1-3/4″ tall.
06/19: Shoots are too dense to count and mostly 3″ to 3-1/2″ tall.
06/23: Planted out.
07/04: Thinned. Stalks chopped in soup. Leaves chopped and heated with salt, pepper, lemon, and sherry, then spread thickly on digestive biscuits as an appetizer.
07/18: 12″ to 17″ tall, with foliage diameters to 24″. Unfortunately shadowing parsnips.
07/19: Thinned one turnip and ate as turnip chips.
07/19: Hosed off as a precaution against aphids which we had found on related plants nearby.
07/22: Sprayed with 0.001% spinosad, an organic pesticide.
07/24: Approx 17″ tall, with foliage diameter approx 24″.
07/25: Started occasional harvest as they come ready.
08/01: Approx 13-22″ tall, with foliage diameter approx 24″. Several ready but too hot to eat turnips right now.
08/07: Approx 25″ tall, with foliage diameter approx 26″. Crowding parsnips. Occasional harvesting.
08/15: 18″ to 24″ tall, with foliage diameter approx 28″. 2″ to 3″ diameter. Harvest continues. Foliage looks healthy but seems to be starting to lie down.
08/23: Foliage lying down and going dormant. Three roots remain.
08/30: One roots remains.
09/02: Last root had been completely hollowed out by slugs, the only turnip thus affected.
Harvest: 53-92 days
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