[MoreWhisky]

One nugget of info i got from some guy down at site today was if u can grow turnips u can grow anything 

Now assomeone whos never grown a turnip in his life (yet) how correct is this lil gem of info 

[matron]

Was he referring just to your site MW?
I have grown turnips and would have said they were easy to grow, now swede is a different matter - I've had no success with that at all.  :blink:

[Minty]

That's cheered me up then as when we first started with our plot last summer we grew some purple top milans and they all germinated and grew loverly,tasted great too.

[DD.]

Was he referring just to your site MW?
I have grown turnips and would have said they were easy to grow, now swede is a different matter - I've had no success with that at all.  :blink:

I had my best year with swede this year.
 
I tried a 30' row straight in the ground & a couple of dozen as transplants.

I got 6 useable ones!!!

[MoreWhisky]

I think he was just on about growing turnips in general.

As usual a mixed bag of replys 

[senrab_nhoj]

Was he referring just to your site MW?
I have grown turnips and would have said they were easy to grow, now swede is a different matter - I've had no success with that at all.  :blink:

I had my best year with swede this year.
 
I tried a 30' row straight in the ground & a couple of dozen as transplants.

I got 6 useable ones!!!

Grew a little block of them at the end of one or my beds... had the first post this recent sharp frosts and it was absolutely delicious... reckon I'll get about 6/8 usable ones out of 20 though some are still turnip size

[peapod]

got to admit Ive never tasted turnip( i dont remember if I did as a young 'un anyway)..they taste like swede I presume?

[matron]

got to admit Ive never tasted turnip( i dont remember if I did as a young 'un anyway)..they taste like swede I presume?

I would say that they aren't as sweet as swede. We grew them but no-one liked them. 

[peapod]

got to admit Ive never tasted turnip( i dont remember if I did as a young 'un anyway)..they taste like swede I presume?

I would say that they aren't as sweet as swede. We grew them but no-one liked them. 

sounds like we wont here as well matron

[Frecks]

I've had no trouble growing turnips - now parsnips that's another matter!
I sow my turnips quite thickly and pull some very small, no bigger than table tennis ball size when they are sweet and tasty enough to grate into salads.  I love them.  Having plucked the little 'uns the remainder can grow on to a decent size.

[Elcie]

I grew some in pots last year and was successful.  Might use one of my raised beds this year but probably wouldn't want use the whole of it.

Any suitable companions for turnips? (other than swede!)

[sunshineband]

I thought that Turnips were really part of the cabbage lot, even though they grow as root veg. I gorw mine with other brassicas,

[stentman]

I have a couple of newbie questions about turnips. At the behest of my nippers I am going to try growing turnip snowball this year. As they are brassica's do cabbage whites et al like them as much as they like the rest of the brassica tribe, in which case will I need netting etc. Also will slugs go for the green tops or all of the plant including the root? Can I interplant with beetroot? Sorry for asking so may questions but turnips are a new venture for me and my track record with other brassicas is not great.  Thanks Col

[madcat]

From my experience - no to the butterflies ; slugs eat the lot given half a chance (I ended up netting so I could put pellets down and I don't do that unless really forced) and don't know about beetroot - dont like them  (school salads I think)

[Aidy]

Can I interplant with beetroot? Sorry for asking so may questions but turnips are a new venture for me and my track record with other brassicas is not great.  Thanks Col

As far as I am aware there is no UK law to say you can't  I would of thought they would grow happily next to each other, one consideration as it is a hot topic, is to keep them together for rotation purpose in the following years.