Topic: Prickly turnip leaves?

[shaolin101]

Hi All,

whilst thining out some turnips i noticed they were starting to give a bit of a sting as i touched them and are slightly sharp on the leaves/stem.

Is this normal or have some weeds once again overtaken and grown wonderfully in their place?

Thanks
Liam

[saddad]

Perfectly normal... many radish have the same effect. Some people react to parsnip leaves as well.  :)

[allaboutliverpool]

It tends to be as they age.

You can eat radish and turnip leaves in salad, bu only when young as the pricke the mouth!