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gardening-girl

Joined: 25 Feb 2009
Posts: 6024
Location: Somerset.

Posted: Mon Jul 28, 14 11:44 am Post subject: Parsnips.
Ours just didn`t do this year.Old seed I think. So,is there any reason why they can`t be grown later in the year?

oldish chris

Joined: 14 Jun 2006
Posts: 4148
Location: Comfortably Wet Southport

Posted: Mon Jul 28, 14 12:10 pm Post subject:
They are not the fastest growing crop in the veg plot. The old advice was to sow as early as poss. For better germination, most of us delay until April. Always use fresh seed. If you've got a bare patch and some viable seed, I'd give it a try, purely as an experiment. Doubt if they'd be bigger than a baby carrot by December.

robkb

Joined: 29 May 2009
Posts: 4205
Location: SE London

Posted: Mon Jul 28, 14 1:24 pm Post subject:
And they're biennials, so however big or small they get before winter, next spring they'll start flowering probably before they get any bigger.

astra

Joined: 05 Apr 2010
Posts: 1243
Location: Somerset

Posted: Mon Jul 28, 14 5:25 pm Post subject:
Mine didn't germinate in the ground either and I ended up sowing some in pots. That worked ok, they are now planted out and looking good.

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42207
Location: North Devon

Posted: Mon Jul 28, 14 5:43 pm Post subject:

oldish chris wrote:

Doubt if they'd be bigger than a baby carrot by December.

Glazed baby parsnips with Christmas/Midwinter Festivity Of Your Choice would be good though. And anyone selling baby snips at that point's going to charge a fortune.

Mr O

Joined: 13 Feb 2005
Posts: 5512
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada

Posted: Mon Jul 28, 14 6:11 pm Post subject:
Parsnip seeds are only good in the first year, no point sowing them after that.

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