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I decided to try salad turnips in my polyhouse this winter. Sowed in early October in the ground. They sprouted nicely and sat all winter. In the last month a wonderful growth spurt, lovely healthy looking maybe 8″ greens. No turnip though. We had a mild winter except for maybe a week cold at the beginning of December. Our cherry blossoms are well advanced and daffodils starting to open. The polyhouse has been dry this winter due to a lack of enthusiasm for hauling water from the house…
So the question, should I still expect a turnip to form, or give in gracefully and serve turnip greens?
Interesting question! Spacing is a factor, if they are too close, like many root vegetables, you have more leaf than edible root.
Also turnips are more programmed to make roots in autumn than in spring. Spring is their flowering season so any root will be rather small and then plants will make stems to flower, in April and May, so I suspect you need to enjoy greens and small roots.
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