Originally posted by AuddieD:

There must be something wrong with my save. I had my cultivator in a chest along with all the other tools I am not currently using. When I took it from the chest, I got a turnip recipe. I already have turnip seeds. I just have not planted them yet. I am just going to have to grab things from chests and see what comes up.

That is normal for the cultivator. You won't see the planting ability unless you have the cultivator on your person. Same thing will happen for planting the carrots for seed plants. Just having the carrot will open up the cooking stuff for it but you need the cultivator for the new plant.