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Turnips
Jan 17, 2012 16:55:17 GMT -5
Post by posiedon on Jan 17, 2012 16:55:17 GMT -5
I usually buy my turnips in 12oz packages at Rural King for $3.99. This is a good rate compared to the stuff marketed towards hunters and has a higher germination rate and grows huge bulbs.
Was just looking around sites and came across Frigid Forage having a nice clearance sale on last years seed. They have turnips for $10.99 for 4 lbs. That planted by itself is enough for one acre. I usually mix mine with oats. But just ordered me a bunch of these as we are doing 2 acres as solid turnips and then mixing some with oats for another location.
Thought I would share, this is not meant as an advertisement. They are a sponsor of CTO however we can't get their seed at that price so figured it was worth sharing.
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Turnips
Jan 17, 2012 18:05:15 GMT -5
Post by hornharvester on Jan 17, 2012 18:05:15 GMT -5
I looked at mine turnips today and the deer are still eating them. Some of the tops are still green and full. The bulbs are still solid and they are eating them too. I ate one myself today and it was still crunchy and sweet. I use Shot Plot which has rape in it too. 15.00 or so for a 4 lb bag that plants 1/2 acre. Some guys dont like turnips but up here in the north they seem to work pretty good. h.h.
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Jan 18, 2012 16:03:37 GMT -5
Post by posiedon on Jan 18, 2012 16:03:37 GMT -5
Turnips are great for getting that late season nutrition to them. My plots aren't for hunting over anyways but to help the herd and if it gets some attraction during hunting season its just an added bonus. Usually they would be hitting turnips hard during muzzleloader and late bow, however this warm winter has things mixed up. We still have a few turnips upright with tops, but they are getting thin. It didn't help, that the new farmhand didn't know they weren't weeds growing and chopped a lot of them up . They rebounded nicely though.
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Jan 26, 2012 0:27:58 GMT -5
Post by hornharvester on Jan 26, 2012 0:27:58 GMT -5
Half of the turnips are still green and deer feeding on them. h.h. Attachments:
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Turnips
Jan 26, 2012 0:30:37 GMT -5
Post by hornharvester on Jan 26, 2012 0:30:37 GMT -5
Another view. h.h. Attachments:
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Feb 8, 2012 22:57:13 GMT -5
Post by lymanl3 on Feb 8, 2012 22:57:13 GMT -5
Ive never had much luck with turnips. I am going to try some radishes this year. The turnips grew nice, but were not much browsed upon.
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Post by hornharvester on Feb 9, 2012 9:12:36 GMT -5
Ive never had much luck with turnips. I am going to try some radishes this year. The turnips grew nice, but were not much browsed upon. I see other saying they didnt have much luck with turnips. Not sure why? I would think areas that are surrounded with large wood track turnips would be a deer magnet. I do usually plant wheat next to mine and maybe thats why they eat them?  Bottom line is if they arent working for you then plant something else that does. h.h. |
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Turnips
Feb 9, 2012 17:57:43 GMT -5
Post by sleepergsx on Feb 9, 2012 17:57:43 GMT -5
Ive never had much luck with turnips. I am going to try some radishes this year. The turnips grew nice, but were not much browsed upon. I see other saying they didnt have much luck with turnips. Not sure why? I would think areas that are surrounded with large wood track turnips would be a deer magnet. I do usually plant wheat next to mine and maybe thats why they eat them? Bottom line is if they arent working for you then plant something else that does. h.h. i dont know why that would be either. i planted a 1 acre plot of turnips last august and its nothing but bare dirt now....im actually going to double the size of it this fall so i will have enough food to last. |
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Feb 10, 2012 20:26:13 GMT -5
Post by duff on Feb 10, 2012 20:26:13 GMT -5
I have some mixed in my garden that I leave out and let them reseed each year. The deer hit the tops pretty good and once it gets cold they pull up the whole thing or at least maybe trying to get all the green off the top, not sure.
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Turnips
Feb 11, 2012 8:12:02 GMT -5
Post by posiedon on Feb 11, 2012 8:12:02 GMT -5
Indiana is finicky on our winters as we all know, the far northern regions should always have luckwith turnips. Central areas we are hit or miss. And southern I wouldn't plant as a plot for hunting at all. Deer really hit the turnips hard during the big cold spells when the only food left is woody material or moldy corn. Radishes(rape I believe isn't it) are the same way. A lot of seed companies mix them in with the turnips. They are all brassicas and provide healthy tops for fall and good root for winter.
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Turnips
Feb 11, 2012 8:56:47 GMT -5
Post by duff on Feb 11, 2012 8:56:47 GMT -5
I'm near Bedford area and have seen them hit the turnips pretty good. This year was very mild and they still hit them pretty decent. Certainly depends on what surrounds you and the deer. We have plenty of mast trees, corn, and hay fields around here but lots of trees. They definately hit it after dark though.
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Turnips
Feb 11, 2012 9:50:54 GMT -5
Post by throbak on Feb 11, 2012 9:50:54 GMT -5
Cant, grow turnips here not even in the Garden 15 ft from house DEER EAT EM
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Feb 11, 2012 11:41:58 GMT -5
Post by daneowner on Feb 11, 2012 11:41:58 GMT -5
I'm in S.E. Ind. & the problem I had with just sowing turnips was the fact that the deer would eat the tops off of them before a bulb could develop for food later. This past fall I tried sowing winter wheat, disk it in, went back and sowed a mix of groundhog radish,purple top turnips and a couple bags of Evolved Harvest Shot Plot (which is a mix of rape & turnips) and then cultipacked it in. Most of the "greens" have been eaten but the winter wheat and lots of turnips are left to supply a food source a little longer into the winter.
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Turnips
Feb 11, 2012 15:55:06 GMT -5
Post by sleepergsx on Feb 11, 2012 15:55:06 GMT -5
Indiana is finicky on our winters as we all know, the far northern regions should always have luckwith turnips. Central areas we are hit or miss. And southern I wouldn't plant as a plot for hunting at all. Deer really hit the turnips hard during the big cold spells when the only food left is woody material or moldy corn. Radishes(rape I believe isn't it) are the same way. A lot of seed companies mix them in with the turnips. They are all brassicas and provide healthy tops for fall and good root for winter. why do you say that? I have property in North Carolina that i have turnips on also, and the deer love them down there too. its way further south than southern IN....i'm just saying i dont think you can put a blanket judgement on an entire region...i think circumstances vary from farm to farm. |
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Feb 12, 2012 13:19:02 GMT -5
Post by posiedon on Feb 12, 2012 13:19:02 GMT -5
I wasn't saying the deer don't eat them, just that during hunting season I don't think they would be hit as hard. As the harsh part of winter comes late in the year. (Of course this is talking about them hitting the bulbs during season, not fall planted tops)
Dane, when planting we mix them with oats as well. The oats grow quickly and provide cover for the turnips. Once the turnip tops get past 4 inches tall the deer usually don't hit them as hard.
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aggar
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Turnips
Feb 22, 2012 18:34:34 GMT -5
Post by aggar on Feb 22, 2012 18:34:34 GMT -5
Here's a shot I my turnip patch I planted in August.    I'm new here and ready to learn. |
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Feb 23, 2012 7:55:56 GMT -5
Post by daneowner on Feb 23, 2012 7:55:56 GMT -5
aggar, A couple of questions, just curious, when was these pictures taken and do you remember what the name of the turnips were.
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aggar
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Feb 23, 2012 10:51:46 GMT -5
Post by aggar on Feb 23, 2012 10:51:46 GMT -5
Pic were taken at 5 pm last night. My cousin said they were tillage radishes. Sorry not technically turnips.
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Feb 23, 2012 12:45:36 GMT -5
Post by daneowner on Feb 23, 2012 12:45:36 GMT -5
thanks for the reply, I planted groundhog radishes for the first time this year and your plants looked similar to them, I thought they might not be turnips. I am surprised that there is that much foliage left this late in the year, (reason I ask when the pic. were taken).
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aggar
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Turnips
Feb 23, 2012 16:21:03 GMT -5
Post by aggar on Feb 23, 2012 16:21:03 GMT -5
I fertilized the heck out of them when I planted them.
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Bottom line is if they arent working for you then plant something else that does. h.h.
