They must really be getting sugary now because the deer are going crazy on them.

wow nice, turn them into venison

I wouldn't share them all with the deer. lol

turnips are on of my favorite things to plant for deer.
this year with our extremely low rainfall they didnt do as good as usual tho.

What was your planting date?

Very cool

Great looking turnips.
Mine usually look like that but no rain this year. Almost a complete failure.

Do they grow with some shade or do they need full sun?

Our's are in full sun every year,this year was too dry golf ball to hard ball a few made it to soft ball size.

I planted brassicas a couple of years ago in my food plot. Included turnips and radishes. They grew great but the deer avoided them like poison. Back to clover for me. Maybe they work better in colder climates.

I believe they need hard frost to convert starch to sugars

May take a few years befor they know what they are I also read.

I planted them July 25th in one of my soybean food plots that got burned up in the drought. I just broadcast the seed with a handheld spreader. We started getting some rain and they did great. Everything else was dried up so the deer ate the turnip greens like lettuce because they hold a lot of moisture.
They were in full sun.

I've grown turnips for 3 years. The deer here will eat the tops late February but I've never seen them eat the turnip. Same with the radishes. Clover they eat down to the ground so that's about all I grow anymore.

Don't they just mow down the clover before it really has a chance to get established?

I just came from the store where I paid $1.89 lb. for some that were not nearly as pretty nor fresh as those.

Blame pests were eating my beets this fall out. Would eat them right out of the ground

No, I plant oats or wheat with it. They eat the oats ant wheat 1st. When spring comes the clover really starts to take off along with the wheat and oats. After you mow the wheat/oats you have a great clover patch for at leat 5 years. Got one that is 7 years old..