[Sideways]

I have lost all my carrots to root fly, I noticed the leafy tops had stared turning brown/copper coloured and had begun to wilt. I pulled a few up and snapped them in half, they were riddled with tiny white maggots. The carrots had grown to around 2~3 inches in length.

I have sown a new batch of seeds in a new bed, there should be time to get a few late carrots.

Everything else is doing wonderfully, I've even got a good show of Parsnips!

Anyone got a good turnip soup recipe? My turnips are doing incredibly well and need to be pulled before they get too big.

[Yorkie]

If you click the recipe link near the top of the page, on the right you'll see an index of fruit and veg - turnips are near the bottom and there are some recipes there.

[Trillium]

Sideways, did you put up any protection against the carrot fly? Most UKrs do or you'll get no crops.

[BobandJack]

No soup recipes but I do have a very nice & easy Kashmiri turnip & red beans recipe, just as well as my turnips are doing very well too 

[Highfield]

And it isnt in the recipe section!   I got about 5 kg in the freezer already and loads more to come - please put in the recipes - it sounds lovely and I am running out of ideas fast!

[BobandJack]

OK it's in the recipe section now 

[matron]

Oh no, bad luck Sideways. We grow ours in tubs which we stand well off the ground. Dual purpose as a) our ground is too stoney for carrots and b) it protects from the dreaded fly.

[Sideways]

Sideways, did you put up any protection against the carrot fly? Most UKrs do or you'll get no crops.

No, I just let them get on with it. I will chalk this up as a beginner s mistake and be a little more prepared next year. All in all, I’m very happy with the way things are growing, I have had several approving nods from the established plot holders with comments along the lines of - 'You're doing well for a newbie, young'un...' 

I think I have found the best use for turnips, tried this last night with a couple of big ones-
Peel and cut into chips, toss in a bowl with some oil and salt, lie on a backing tray and stick in the oven, cook the same as oven chips. Perfect with a dollop of ketchup. Next I will try different coatings, Cajun, Curry etc.   

[Highfield]

OK it's in the recipe section now 

Thank you!!!   -ummm where exactly please? Searched the turnip ones and the members ones ... 

[Yorkie]

There's also a forum called cooking storing and preserving - the recipe has been posted in there 

[AndyRVTR]

Your'e not the only one Sideways... I've just lost a raised bed full of carrots too... I was really careful with them, sown in toilet roll tubes in the greenhouse, then planted out so no danger of thinning them out attracting the little devil's...
Problem was, I didnt put any sort of barrier around them thinking that I had taken enough of a precaution....    oh well, I've got quite a lot planted in pots as a backup, so all is not lost for me this year...  , now... where did I see that debris netting again??

[bailey]

hope i,m not speaking too soon!!
my carrots are doing brill,, just actually tried one and it was fantatsic, nice and juicy with a good strong flavour,, but i grow mine in old black bins which keeps the carrots of the ground as such so no probs with carrot fly!

wished i could say the same though about my lettuce and beetroot as something seems to be making a big meal of em,, not sure if rabbit or hedgehog or something similar,,

[Highfield]

There's also a forum called cooking storing and preserving - the recipe has been posted in there 

Thank you!!  Guess what is on the menu this weekend ...