Turnips

This lot sell seeds for a giant turnip which I have not tried.  It is a French variety but would be the turnip of Baldrick’s dreams looking at the picture 

They also sell seeds for Gilfeathers turnip-swede, which grows as big as a swede, but is a mix of both.  I have grown that and you could hollow that out.  It is also pretty good eating 

https://www.realseeds.co.uk/turnips.html

I used to get my thumb strengthened  by digging out the innards of a swede with an old spoon sharpened by my Dad.  I also used to get tummy ache through eating too much raw swede!
Cheers,  Tony.

You should have sent me one, me dear.  Old Worzel needs a new head 

Thanks for the replies everyone, apparently the turnip I remember as a kid was grown more for sheep fodder than for the table but his no longer available. So, I'm going to go for the Marian Swede, which can grow to a similar size if fed & watered properly.

So, I'm going to go for the Marian Swede, which can grow to a similar size if fed & watered properly.

I spent several years with hit and miss swedes (mostly miss), until I cracked it with the help of people on here.  I am no expert, but I can grow a swede now 

My main tips are don’t sow too early.  I usually sow in May in modules and thin to a single plant.   I grow them on for a few weeks, then they go out under a net tunnel. 

It pays to make sure they have some decent soil to go into and mine get chicken manure pellets dibbled into the planting hole and a few scattered onto the soil surface.  That was a Mumofstig tip.  I also keep them watered. 

They seem to take ages to get going with roots, but grow a good set of leaves.  Just when you are wondering if that is all you are going to get, they bulk up over late summer and early autumn, mainly when you are distracted by harvesting and are not looking