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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: muntjac on September 29, 2007, 14:25

Title: first look at my snips
Post by: muntjac on September 29, 2007, 14:25

dug a parsnip today for dinner the morrows .. not bad  see pics .. also makes the point of making sure you dont mis any plants when ya thinning em out

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Title: first look at my snips
Post by: mumsy on September 29, 2007, 14:50

Hi
Mine look like that, but they aren't intertwined! see below.  Was very nice but could do with being left a bit longer for some flavour.  What causes them to look like this, the soil is very fine, so no stones etc.
Mumsy
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Title: first look at my snips
Post by: muntjac on September 29, 2007, 15:04

weed roots will do it  :wink: even bits of twine left in the ground

Title: first look at my snips
Post by: WG. on September 29, 2007, 15:15

How come all you Suf-folks are lifting parsnips already.  Had a frost?  :)

Title: first look at my snips
Post by: DD. on September 29, 2007, 15:39

We've really GOT to club together to buy Munty that camera that takes in focus pictures!

Title: first look at my snips
Post by: Sally A on September 29, 2007, 15:57

Oh.......is that out of focus.......sorry thought I was p*ssed.

Is that why he looks such a hunk in his own photos - or was I p*ssed :wink:

Only kiddin' Munty.

Title: first look at my snips
Post by: DD. on September 29, 2007, 16:04

Quote from: "Sally A"

Oh.......is that out of focus.......sorry thought I was p*ssed.

Is that why he looks such a hunk in his own photos - or was I p*ssed :wink:

Only kiddin' Munty.

No - you were p*ssed! :lol:

Title: first look at my snips
Post by: Sally A on September 29, 2007, 16:08

Im jealous really as never prepared the ground to get my parsnips in this year.

I've got a bag of Aunt Bessies in the freezer, but it ain't the same.

They've got to be one of my favourite veggies.

Title: first look at my snips
Post by: GrannieAnnie on September 29, 2007, 16:25

Well, this is one of mine, and I haven't got any stones either!!!!

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Title: first look at my snips
Post by: muntjac on September 29, 2007, 18:37

had the wrong glasses on  :oops:

Title: first look at my snips
Post by: Aunt Sally on September 29, 2007, 18:39

Oh dear grannie, too much fresh organic matter can cause misshapen or forked roots.  Could that have been the problem ?

Title: first look at my snips
Post by: muntjac on September 29, 2007, 18:40

i stuck mine in the freezer  .. on auto frost  8)

Title: first look at my snips
Post by: WG. on September 29, 2007, 18:44

My theory is that earlier plantings cause more mis-shapes.  Thinking goes as follows ... cold wet ground and baby 'snip has got no incentive to go deep into cold ... later planting equals warmer drier ground so down he goes to ensure he gets water.

Anyone agree or disagree with this?

Title: first look at my snips
Post by: muntjac on September 29, 2007, 18:45

think mine was sown in june  :shock:

Title: first look at my snips
Post by: WG. on September 29, 2007, 18:46

And yours GA?

Title: first look at my snips
Post by: DD. on September 29, 2007, 19:07

Quote from: "muntjac"

i stuck mine in the freezer  .. on auto frost  8)

What - yer glasses? Would explain the out of focus if they were frosted up!

Title: first look at my snips
Post by: muntjac on September 29, 2007, 19:09

:lol:  :lol:


you do not qualify for a wassucked certificate.
 :(                      please try again

Title: first look at my snips
Post by: sparky on September 29, 2007, 19:10

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muntjac

had the wrong glasses on

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 muntjac
i stuck mine in the freezer .. on auto frost

Yup, I find it makes my glasses blurred as well :roll:
 :lol:

Title: first look at my snips
Post by: DD. on September 29, 2007, 19:12

Quote from: "muntjac"

:lol:  :lol:


you do not qualify for a wassucked certificate.
 :(                      please try again

Don't need to - I've already been wassucked!

Title: first look at my snips
Post by: agapanthus on September 29, 2007, 19:15

Quote from: "Sally A"

Oh.......is that out of focus.......sorry thought I was p*ssed.

Is that why he looks such a hunk in his own photos - or was I p*ssed :wink:

Only kiddin' Munty.

Girl after me own heart!!! :wink:

Title: first look at my snips
Post by: muntjac on September 29, 2007, 19:17

i look good in any focus ,sober or drunk 8)

 :wink:  :lol:

Title: first look at my snips
Post by: shaun on September 29, 2007, 19:42

muntys got the same camera that took those dodgy loch ness photos  :wink:

Title: first look at my snips
Post by: mushroom on September 29, 2007, 20:34

I thought the best stuff for carrots and snips was a nutrient-poor soil composed mainly of sand, with very few roots or stones in. Am I right?

Title: first look at my snips
Post by: gobs on September 29, 2007, 20:44

Quote from: "whisky_golf"

My theory is that earlier plantings cause more mis-shapes.  Thinking goes as follows ... cold wet ground and baby 'snip has got no incentive to go deep into cold ... later planting equals warmer drier ground so down he goes to ensure he gets water.

Anyone agree or disagree with this?

Mine got sown quite early, to say the least and they are big and smooth and georgeus, lol, 8)  8)  8)
What a lovely dinner we had( and abit of frosty thing the other day, yes sir)

Title: first look at my snips
Post by: richyrich7 on September 29, 2007, 21:23

Quote from: "Digger Dave"

Quote from: "muntjac"

i stuck mine in the freezer  .. on auto frost  8)

What - yer glasses? Would explain the out of focus if they were frosted up!

Nah his camera

Title: Fiddly flower petals
Post by: FifiFlowerTot on September 30, 2007, 20:13

here in flower tot garden my parsnips are so big that bumble and i can enjoy a huge feast, naughty slugsy sometimes gets a bite but they seem to come up just perfect parsnips :) so mumsy Bea and I dont seem to know why your parsnips where all wriggly but yummy they are :)

Title: first look at my snips
Post by: gobs on September 30, 2007, 21:05

Roots generally did quite well this year, on my end, not much else though...
yeah and sweetcorn was good, surprisingly and nobody took them, either this year! Anything changed? Security fence got installed, hm :roll:  :roll:  :roll:

Title: first look at my snips
Post by: richyrich7 on September 30, 2007, 21:10

Hello FifiFlowerTot welcome to the forums  :D

Title: first look at my snips
Post by: GrannieAnnie on September 30, 2007, 22:11

Well, there was no fresh organic matter on that bit for 2 years, and I think I sowed them there in May, as it was definitely after my spuds, which I planted at Easter!  I was late in sowing them, as the first sowings didn't do anything!  Probably because it was too cold!

Dug one for dinner tonight, and it was over a foot long (and no forks!!!)

Title: first look at my snips
Post by: mkhenry on September 30, 2007, 23:06

Quote from: "shaun"

muntys got the same camera that took those dodgy loch ness photos  :wink:

I only wish some one had used Muntys camera when they took Whiskys picture,Im still having nightmares. :wink:

Title: first look at my snips
Post by: WG. on September 30, 2007, 23:09

Quote from: "mkhenry"

Quote from: "shaun"

muntys got the same camera that took those dodgy loch ness photos  :wink:

I only wish some one had used Muntys camera when they took Whiskys picture,Im still having nightmares. :wink:

Hey you !!!   Careful ... I sit on the Probation Panel that decides when you come off the naughty step.  :wink:

Title: first look at my snips
Post by: DD. on September 30, 2007, 23:10

Quote from: "mkhenry"

Quote from: "shaun"

muntys got the same camera that took those dodgy loch ness photos  :wink:

I only wish some one had used Muntys camera when they took Whiskys picture,Im still having nightmares. :wink:

Worthy of me, that one!

Title: first look at my snips
Post by: mkhenry on September 30, 2007, 23:12

Quote from: "Digger Dave"

Quote from: "mkhenry"

Quote from: "shaun"

muntys got the same camera that took those dodgy loch ness photos  :wink:

I only wish some one had used Muntys camera when they took Whiskys picture,Im still having nightmares. :wink:

Worthy of me, that one!

I am learning Digger.
I am taking one of you postal courses. :lol:  :wink:

Title: first look at my snips
Post by: DD. on September 30, 2007, 23:14

Quote from: "whisky_golf"

I sit on the Probation Panel that decides when you come off the naughty step.  :wink:

Only when you can get off it!

Title: first look at my snips
Post by: mkhenry on September 30, 2007, 23:15

Quote from: "whisky_golf"

Quote from: "mkhenry"

Quote from: "shaun"

muntys got the same camera that took those dodgy loch ness photos  :wink:

I only wish some one had used Muntys camera when they took Whiskys picture,Im still having nightmares. :wink:

Hey you !!!   Careful ... I sit on the Probation Panel that decides when you come off the naughty step.  :wink:

I am now officially the longest (and heaviest) serving naughty seat occupier.
Next friday I am going to contact the Guinness Book Of Records. :cry: