All I can say is if I see a turnip and/or beet in one of the pots the scream you will hear will be from Fort Lauderdale!! The whole thing is just interesting to me. I suppose I should 'thin' them out and might wait a week or two and start 'feeling' around to see if anything is happening!

I never grew turnips, but you can tell when a beet (or radish) is ready by putting you thumb on one side of the greens and your first finger on the other side. Then slide your hand down and you'll feel the top of the "root"--the beet (or radish). If it feels about as round as a beet should be, give it a yank. I tried growing radishes and beets a few times and the radishes were really crappy. All greens and the radish itself was sort of hollow, very light in weight with no substance--not really edible. I am rather pleased that my garlic stalks are 6-8 inches tall already. Hopefully the same thing won't happen and I'll end up with heads of garlic instead of all tops. It will be interesting to see the results of the turnip: never heard of container-growing turnips.