[solway cropper]

Today I emptied one black plastic flower bucket of parsnips and the pic shows what I achieved from a March sowing in the greenhouse and no thinning out. Sixteen seeds sown and sixteen germinated with a combined weight after topping and tailing of just under 2 lbs.

Placing the buckets on soil allows the taproot to go through the drainage holes in search of more food and water.

I normally thin to 8 or 12 per bucket which gives bigger roots but still about the same weight overall.

As the buckets are 10 inches in diameter I can get 12 in a 10 foot row and should get a yield of 24lbs+ which is much higher than my efforts when growing directly in the soil.

I make my own compost but if you had to use shop-bought stuff it might work out quite expensive.

[Yorkie]

That's very impressive, well done 

[Dave Mack]

solway cropper ... i think you've dropped some money there matey 
Looking good