[Broadhaven]

Am I ok to sow my parsnip seeds outside yet?

[MoreWhisky]

Im not doing mine it still bit chilly. 

[Shadrak]

As above

[Jamie Butterworth]

Ill be starting mine off inside soon in riches paper pots

[MoreWhisky]

Ill be starting mine off inside soon in riches paper pots

i personally cant see the benefit of parsnips in paper pots Jamie your making work for yourself ).
I will wait 1 or 2 weeks and sow direct (as long as its warmed up abit).

[Jamie Butterworth]

Ill be starting mine off inside soon in riches paper pots

i personally cant see the benefit of parsnips in paper pots Jamie your making work for yourself ).
I will wait 1 or 2 weeks and sow direct (as long as its warmed up abit).

Thanks for the warning, Ill do as you say, tar

[Goosegirl]

Having always ended up with very large and rather woody parsnips, this year I'm station sowing them about the third week this April, and the same for my brussels as they always are ready well before Crimbo time.

[gowing238]

Ill be starting mine off inside soon in riches paper pots

i personally cant see the benefit of parsnips in paper pots Jamie your making work for yourself ).
I will wait 1 or 2 weeks and sow direct (as long as its warmed up abit).

Thanks for the warning, Ill do as you say, tar

I usually sow direct and plant a few in paper pots just in case a few fail and i have spaces in my rows to fill in:)

[MoreWhisky]

A good tip to aid germination is to nestle the seed in a tiny bit of quality seed compost.

Works for me 

[FERDY]

Mine went in last week under clear polly in the form of a small tunnel. It's nice and warm  & protected under there today.

[janette]

I sow my parsnips in paper tubes and as soon as the first seed leaves appear I harden them off then make a hole with an iron bar  and drop them in the advantage being they have a head start on the weeds and they don't need thinning first time I did it last year and had the best crop ever

[trogg]

I sow my parsnips in paper tubes and as soon as the first seed leaves appear I harden them off then make a hole with an iron bar  and drop them in the advantage being they have a head start on the weeds and they don't need thinning first time I did it last year and had the best crop ever

That's what i am doing,  put individual seeds into 6" paper pots today, then I'll just make a hole in the beds and pop them in.

[Loubs]

Me too. Though to give the parsnip absolutely NO EXCUSES with regard to forking, as I plant & drop the paper pot into the hole I tear away the paper base. 

[jolly jen]

mine went in two weeks ago ,i have an old water tank filled with compost,,no stones in it!!
i've had it covered all winter,sowed them under glass,

[Eumaeus]

I am a lot further south than most of you so......

But mine went in a couple of weeks ago which is very late for me.  Normally I put them in in February.