TURNIPS
Sowings of turnips may be made now for winter use. As these belong to the same family as cabbages and cauliflowers they should not be grown on ground occupied by these crops previously for fear of club-root. The ground should be well worked and enriched with wood ashes and lime. Any potash manure may be used in place of wood ashes if these are not available. Seed should be sown thinly in drills from ten td fifteen inches apart and the seedlings bo thinned out to eight or nine inches apart. The seed should be covered lightly not more than half an inch of fine soil being placed over it. In dry weather the young plants are apt to be attacked by the "turnip fly." Dusting with tobacco dust or soot will help to keep them fre?.
Garden swedes may also be sown at the present time, these requiring more space.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 69, 23 March 1933, Page 17
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152TURNIPS Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 69, 23 March 1933, Page 17
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