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Cant resist showing off :)

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peapod

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Cant resist showing off :)
« on: November 21, 2010, 16:38 »

 :lol:

and taste GORGEOUS!!
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Re: Cant resist showing off :)
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2010, 17:01 »
Oh my! It is enormous! Well done for growing that monster of a parsnip. Enjoy dinner!
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Re: Cant resist showing off :)
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2010, 17:08 »
What? The parsnip or the bloke? ;)
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Re: Cant resist showing off :)
« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2010, 17:12 »
Both  ;) :D
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Re: Cant resist showing off :)
« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2010, 17:25 »
;) :D Enormous parsnip, well done! :) Tall looking bloke too! :)
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Re: Cant resist showing off :)
« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2010, 19:30 »
Well done poddy - a perfect snipe :)

(I'm a bit worried by the spoon shoved through your man's head though :ohmy:)
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« Reply #6 on: November 21, 2010, 19:42 »
That's a parsnip and a half!   :D  Fab!
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Re: Cant resist showing off :)
« Reply #7 on: November 21, 2010, 20:58 »
thats one excellent produce. congrats peapod.
never liked parsnips! OH loves them roasted though. probably I have to make some arrangements for next year..   :unsure:
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Re: Cant resist showing off :)
« Reply #8 on: November 21, 2010, 22:07 »
Quote from: prakash_mib on November 21, 2010, 20:58
thats one excellent produce. congrats peapod.
never liked parsnips! OH loves them roasted though. probably I have to make some arrangements for next year..   :unsure:

I never liked them either, but OH loves them so wanted us o grow them.  They are a revelation
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Re: Cant resist showing off :)
« Reply #9 on: November 21, 2010, 22:54 »
While we're in showing off mode this is the yield from one Morrison's flower bucket. Two and a half pounds of snips after topping and tailing. I've given up trying to grow them in my boulder clay plot but they do really well in containers.
snips2.jpg
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Re: Cant resist showing off :)
« Reply #10 on: November 22, 2010, 10:30 »
Hi Solway - what variety were those? I want to grow some in containers next year...
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Re: Cant resist showing off :)
« Reply #11 on: November 22, 2010, 20:21 »
any one made parsnip wine from them?
i fancy trying next year.
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Re: Cant resist showing off :)
« Reply #12 on: November 22, 2010, 21:22 »
what a whopper - we had our first parnips this weekend yummy best tasting I've ever grown :D
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Re: Cant resist showing off :)
« Reply #13 on: November 22, 2010, 21:47 »
Hi Solway - what variety were those? I want to grow some in containers next year...

Those are Palace F1 but I've grown 'tender and true' and 'hollow crown' with similar results. I put 20 seeds per bucket and start them off the unheated greenhouse. If they all germinate I thin to 8 or 12 plants which gives about the same yield in weight but you obviously get bigger roots with less per bucket.

I'd recommend this method for anyone who has a heavy or stony soil as you can tailor the compost to suit the parsnips requirements.
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Re: Cant resist showing off :)
« Reply #14 on: November 23, 2010, 13:18 »
Wow - i am amazed you can get those out of a flower bucket - I have to do this now - consider me inspired!
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