Its time to plant the turnips

its that time of year again,to sow the turnip seed for fall got to get the plow out of the old shed The old fat guy is going to plow the patch the neighbors girlfriend planted some sweetpotatoes in the top corner,he was going to plant sweetcorn in the patch,but it is too late now for corn,so it will be the neighborhood turnip patch again. Dont have to go to the store for lunch,just pick and cook it. I dont have a harrow,I Borrow the neighbors its ready for seed here it is,,,the special seeder that the neighbors grandma gave to me now I walk back and fourth about 3 ft away from my last footprints ,shaking seed the whole time in the top corner .,grandma wanted some neckpumkins planted,,I made hills down to the end of the sweetpotato ]http://forums.yesterdaystractors.com/photos/25697.jpg[/img]you can see my footprints from where im standing taking the picture,down to the truck,is seeded in turnips,,,at the bottom I Planted some hills of squash Just shake the seed out,dont rake it or harrow it,,leave it alone till its time to pull some turnips,,,,if all goes well.,,,,Thanks for joining me in planting our neighborhood turnip patch...

I should check ours. If they are growing might be time to thin the patch. We plant ours with a plant Jr. planter. I think that's just a tad tight. The last time we had a good year was when we worked the patch under, the survivors got to about 4in round.

I dont thin them .Believe it or not,that little shaker spreads them out just right,,,have to plant around aug 6 ,no earlier,they get worms,they still can,depends on the weather,last year was good,but you never know,sown too thick,they dont do good,and too thin weeds take over

Man that's nice soil! No clods to work down.

That's the difference between broadcast seeding and row planting. With the shaker yours are spread out more. The planter can only feed so slow which is still to fast for turnips, so they get crowded(when near a inch or two round) and need thinning. This close allows worms(problem most years for us) to chew directly from one to the next, ruining the whole lot. We plant early so that they are in if we get busy, and so we hopefully have something for market.

Been having a cooler year this year so the worms shouldn't be to bad.

Larry make sure and KEEP ALL those turnips in PA or NJ. I DO not want any sneaking out here. LOL

My turnips are just coming up great hog feed,turnips are a whole more tasty once they are turned into sausage and country ham(LOL)