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Title: turnip growing
Post by: muntjac on April 01, 2007, 15:08
cornfed



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 Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 3:04 pm    Post subject: turnip growing!!    

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hi ive been told that turnips will not grow on our allotment, by all the regulars, our soil is dark and heavy and will grow anything except turnips, is there a secret to growing turnips as i would to prove them all wrong.
thanks cornfed

this post transfered from poulty section
Title: turnip growing
Post by: muntjac on April 01, 2007, 15:10
they dont like heavy soil so put loads of sand and compost in  to lighten the clay or heavy loam up ,then sow . mark a bed specifically for next year and throw old growbags and any other sand compost in it rotavate it or dig it in really well :wink:
Title: turnip growing
Post by: noshed on April 01, 2007, 19:48
I never knew that - thanks Munty.
(God he'll go mad now)
Title: turnip growing
Post by: muntjac on April 01, 2007, 20:32
Quote from: "noshed"
I never knew that - thanks Munty.
(God he'll go mad now)


 who me? :lol:
Title: turnip growing
Post by: shaun on April 01, 2007, 20:33
no cornfed
why as cornfed got your likkle picture  :?
Title: turnip growing
Post by: muntjac on April 01, 2007, 20:45
cois i copied i from her/ his post to the grow your own section and  it goes through my id for some reason... its genuine folks honest :lol:  nowt to do with april 1st and alll that :)
Title: turnip growing
Post by: shaun on April 01, 2007, 20:48
yer right
is he sitting next to you  ? :lol:
Title: turnip growing
Post by: WG. on April 01, 2007, 20:49
Quote from: "muntjac"
they dont like heavy soil so put loads of sand and compost in  to lighten the clay or heavy loam up ,then sow . mark a bed specifically for next year and throw old growbags and any other sand compost in it rotavate it or dig it in really well :wink:
Grow better on ridges too.