Planting turnip greens / myLot

Singapore

March 30, 2016 8:35am CST

My relative starts to plant turnip greens. At first I thought that she wants to have turnip greens for salad or as stir fried vegetables. When I ask her about it, she says it is for good luck. It seems a waste of space to plant the turnip green just for the sake of attracting good luck. Fortunately I have not spoilt her lucky symbol by plucking the leaves off. The turnip greens really grow very fast. When I first saw the pot of two turnips, there was nothing yet. A week later, the turnip greens were enough to feed a person. Another week later, you have enough turnip greens for the whole family. I wonder why my relative thinks that turnip greens can attract good luck. Image credit to greenblender.com

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Sharon

@simone10 (54180)

• Louisville, Kentucky

31 Mar 16

Maybe your relative can give you some of the turnip greens. I love them if they are cooked the right way.

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scheng1

@scheng1 (24649)

• Singapore

1 Apr 16

They will not want me to spoil their good luck! I do not know how to make the taste goes away. It sure did not taste great the last time I had it, which was long ago.

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Sharon

@simone10 (54180)

• Louisville, Kentucky

2 Apr 16

@scheng1 They are good if cooked the right way with the right kind of spices.

PaintsOnSlate

@PainsOnSlate (21845)

• Canada

3 Apr 16

I love to eat the greens but the turnips, not so much. I would like to know about their good luck too. if you find out let me know.

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scheng1

@scheng1 (24649)

• Singapore

4 Apr 16

You might as well plant the turnips, and see if you have good luck when the leaves grow. I think it is just superstitious of her.

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Lee Ka

@kaka135 (14994)

• Malaysia

30 Mar 16

I have not heard about that before, but it'd be good to plant the turnip greens if we can eat them since you said it's growing fast. I will check it out and might try to plant it next time.

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scheng1

@scheng1 (24649)

• Singapore

1 Apr 16

I am not sure about the taste. Perhaps you can check online for the recipes and reviews before you plant it. Or better still, get your children to plant it and ask them to write down their observation of the growth in a book.

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ShannyBananny

@shaggin (74988)

• United States

3 Apr 16

I have never heard of them being lucky. Are they lucky to grow or lucky to grow and then have in your home. I wonder if she gives them away to someone to eat if it will be okay or if that would make her lose the luck she has gained from them.

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scheng1

@scheng1 (24649)

• Singapore

3 Apr 16

I definitely do not know her way of thinking. If growth is luck, she can grow everything else to bring luck. I think it is a waste to grow something and not eat it, especially in our country since we live in high rise apartments, and pots and soil cost money.

Jabo

@jaboUK (64346)

• United Kingdom

30 Mar 16

It's a shame if they are not going to be eaten just because of some superstition.

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scheng1

@scheng1 (24649)

• Singapore

1 Apr 16

That's how I feel. Though I agree that it is good to have positive mindset as in believing in good luck, but this is carried a bit too far.

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Pinay Ako

@AkoPinay (11496)

• Philippines

3 Apr 16

I hope her belief is true I would plant turnip too but I don't know if we have that in the Philippines

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scheng1

@scheng1 (24649)

• Singapore

3 Apr 16

If we can plant it in Singapore, you can definitely plant it in your country. The weather is not that great a difference, though we do not have typhoons.

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