[nipper31]

I picked up a packet of Hamburg Parsley thinking it was parsnip seeds 

It looks like parsnip but apparently tastes more like celariac (?) and you can use the leaves and the root in your cooking.

Has anyone ever successfully grown Hamburg Parsley?

[New shoot]

I tried it once Nipper but not exactly successfully.  I found the roots too small and fiddly to be worth cleaning and ended up pulling it out.

It does taste quite nice, but the leaves are a bit coarse, so I only ate the root.  Maybe if you fed & watered it well the root would swell up more.  I admit, I chucked the seeds in and apart from a bit of thinning and weeding, I left them to it.

[Silkworm]

I picked up a packet of Hamburg Parsley thinking it was parsnip seeds 

It looks like parsnip but apparently tastes more like celariac (?) and you can use the leaves and the root in your cooking.

Has anyone ever successfully grown Hamburg Parsley?

Hi Nipper, Ive grown it for the last four years i love it, ive had some wapping roots and some small, nice roasted or mashed, tastes like mild parsnip with slight celery flavour, yummy.

Give them a go, seed take a wile to germinate l sow mine in late March.

Silky     

[viettaclark]

Agree with New shoot......rather small and disappointing.
I did exactly the same.....mistaken identity for parsnips!!!

[Mazzie]

Nope but i have my packet of seeds ready after seeing it in a seed catalogue last year

[starmoonlilly]

I havent grown this either, does it have to be direct sown, or started off in pots?

[Silkworm]

I havent grown this either, does it have to be direct sown, or started off in pots?

Sow direct, if you dib a hole about a foot deep then sift some fine earth drop three or so seeds in and wait a few weeks, thin as soon as possible as the roots do not like being disturbed.

l normaly sow about the end March.

Silky