Heirloom Seeds & Poultry
1878 230th Street, Calamus, IA 52729
(563) 246-2299
TURNIPS
Plant turnips either early in the Spring or late in the Summer. Here in Iowa with the warm nights and hot days of Summer I find a Spring sown turnip to be rather repulsive, but those planted in August to be harvested in the cool days of Autumn a real taste treat. Our soil and lack of root maggots here make them a delicious vegetable. Our sheep love the wheelbarrow loads they get in the Fall and the poultry love the greens . This is a must grow crop for livestock producers. Just don’t feed them to a milk cow during the time she is being milked as the flavor carries over into the milk. They also make an excellent soil builder when planted and left to rot over the winter. I love growing them and enjoy the diversity in shapes, colors and flavor. We tried adding some unique ones a few years ago and now the seed supply has gone extinct, so we will have to try and reproduce them here. Just what I needed another project. Approximately 1000 seeds/pkt. (unless otherwise noted) UPDATED FOR 2024