The turnip market is one of the most lucrative, popular, yet controversial aspects of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It's a way to make millions of bells almost immediately thanks to fluctuating prices.

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Unlike most of the other forms of island plant life, turnips have a short shelf-life and will go rotten if they're not sold before the next Sunday. If you're among the unlucky ones who can't offload their harvest of turnips, you might wind up with a house full of rotten, worthless root vegetables. So, if you do wind up in this unfortunate situation, what can you do with a pile of spoiled turnips?

Updated on March 27, 2023 by Quinton O'Connor: We've done some basic TLC on this article to ensure it remains up to our standards years after originally published. The simple fact that we're republishing it years later speaks volumes to the longevity of Animal Crossing: New Horizons' popularity!

What To Do With Spoiled Turnips

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First off, you can still sell rotten turnips. However, you will not get whatever that day's turnip price is for them. You'll only get 100 bells, and they won't be sold as stacks of ten. Instead, they'll sell as one turnip per stack, so there's a good chance that you'll be missing out on some big money.

While you won't make many bells, this will at least remove them from your island, and you're still getting some cash back instead of having to pay a disposal fee like in previous Animal Crossing titles.

The best use for rotten turnips is to use them as bait to draw out some bugs. By leaving spoiled turnips on the ground, you can attract ants and flies that you can catch and donate to Blathers' museum. Or you can just keep some for yourself if you want to start up your own personal ant farm.

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It may take a little time for the bugs to arrive, but leave the turnips out in the sun for a while and eventually, you should see some pests that you can capture. The last thing you want to do is invest thousands of bells in turnips only for them to spoil. But if you want to complete the Critterpedia, then it may be a good idea to keep one or two turnips on hand to rot and attract some gross bugs.

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