CLOUD 9, MN

My 2 foods I have this year both have areas with a ton of turnips. They're all over the place and the tops are kind of out of the ground. If you give one a kick they come right out. When will the deer start hammering them? So far they've just been eating the green tops.

Good Luck!

timbercruiser

Probably after a good hard frost or two.

farm hunter

I was doing some research on the topic and found this link for information on Brassicas:

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/fo...splay.php?f=11

You'll probably recognize some names there.

Take care
- FH

Slumpbuster

When will they hit mine. I planted the last two falls and never got any sign of usage at all. I may have planted the wrong thing. It was a blend from New Zealand that the camo boys advertise everywhere.

It looked great but I didn't plant it based on what it looked like. I had hoped the deer would visit.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

RonM

A neighbor used to grow turnips for fresh market, the deer only ate the tops, We never noticed they ever actually ate the turnip itself. I hear a lot of talk on hear about deer eating the turnip, but we never saw any evidence of that.....

tazimna

Haven't planted turnips before, but plant rhutabeggies around several deer stands each year. I don't see much activity in the "beggies" until most everything else dies off from frost/cold weather. Peak "beggie" time for me is usually mid Oct on. Taz

camron007

Cloud 9. I have some plots in east central MN and after the frost in mid Aug the deer hammered the brassicas. Just the tops not the tunups. The deer kicked a few up and it looks like they tasted them but did not eat them. Maybe after the ground get colder and the tunups themselvs freeze the deer will start eating them. This is the first year of planting plots for me and the biggest draw so far during hunting season has been the brass and rye. My buddy stuck a nice fat doe opening morn in the brass. The rye looks like a deal at $6 for 50lbs. and no need for lime.