Turnip Seeds

Turnip Seeds

Class	Gardening
Weight	0.02
Crafting Skill	None
Crafting	See How to Craft
Location	Crafted
Spawn ID	`/additem Base.TurnipSeed`

Turnip Seeds are the seeds that grow a Turnip crop. They are a gardening item for survivors who want a root crop late in the year. Each seed is planted in tilled soil and grows into one plant.

Turnips suit the second half of the year. They can be sown from May right into October. Their main strength is that long window, which reaches into autumn when most crops fail. Their main cost is a modest harvest from each plant.

The seeds come from opening a Seed Packet - Turnip, which gives five seeds. They can also be saved back into an empty packet. The Farmer is the best occupation for gardening. It starts with the most Agriculture skill.

Using

Turnip Seeds are planted one per tile of tilled soil. The plant needs about 292 hours to grow, a little over twelve days. Each grown plant gives three to four Turnips at harvest.

Sowing works from May through October. June and September are the best months to plant. November through February are bad months, when the crop struggles. A September sowing keeps fresh food coming as the year turns cold. Tomatoes and Spinach are already in their bad months by then.

The Put 5 Seeds in Packet recipe gathers five Turnip Seeds into an Empty Seed Packet - Turnip. That turns them back into a Seed Packet - Turnip for tidy storage. Open Seed Packet does the reverse and hands back five seeds and the empty packet.