Turnip questions

[GMbuck]

The turnips we planted this year have been eaten to the bare dirt. The field now smells like rotting cabbage. Is this normal? I Hadn't noticed it before 12/24. Is it the root rotting under the soil in all this wet weather?

[OhioHunter88]

haha, i noticed this last year in one of our plots after a good rain, i would say its normal, but will see what others have to say.


Kaleb

[whitetail_joe]

yes

[whitetail_joe]

yes it is normal with brassica plots that I have planted, as for is root rott under the ground Im not sure. I would imagine it is from uneaten but killed vegetation above ground.

[ohiosam]

I used to grow turnips to sell. We've had cold enough weather to rot the turnips.

[Buckmaster]

Smelling like rotten cabbage is normal.

[jackalope]

There are still turnips under the ground without their vegetation above them. The vegetation got eaten, the turnips died / then rotted / Then smelled like dead rotting turnips...

TahDah.....

Makes me hungry for Turnip greens.. Wait the deer got em all...

[TheCream]

Yep, normal! I ate a turnip out of one of our plots a few weeks ago on the way out of the woods...well, part of it, anyway. I'm still kicking, so it must be fit to eat. :biggrin:

[GMbuck]

Thanks guys. We really had good success with the turnips this year. They were planted a little late, but worked as advertised. The deer left them alone until the serious frosts/snow hit. Once they started eating them, the deer ate them all. Can't wait to put more in next year.:bouncy:

[TheCream]

Thanks guys. We really had good success with the turnips this year. They were planted a little late, but worked as advertised. The deer left them alone until the serious frosts/snow hit. Once they started eating them, the deer ate them all. Can't wait to put more in next year.:bouncy:

You're lucky, they hammer ours well before any frosts. Last year we hunted the archery opener on a small turnip plot and had deer feeding in it all night long. Same results this year. They do love 'em!

[Buckmaster]

My southern Ohio turnip and food plots are now bare dirt. I could play putt-putt golf on them. My northern Ohio turnips appear to have been untouched. Some were 2 foot tall. The snow knocked them down but they are still there. That just shows how much the deer densities vary between Portage and Jefferson counties.