[GrannieAnnie]

I don't want a long parsnip, I just want something that's worth eating.
I had more this yer than ever before, all 12 of them out of 4 8ft rows.

I sowed at the right time
I hadn't manure the ground for 2 years
We have no stonesin our silty soil in S.Lincs
I kept the ground watered regularly during the drought, but my few parsnips that did germinate are short and forked!!!!

So what did I do wrong???

[muntjac]

PIXIES .  

[noshed]

Maybe try another variety next year? My Avon Resisiters seem quite good but they took ages to germinate

[muntjac]

I hear the pixies do it because they only have very small hands  snd the the manure goblins cant see them when they stick two fingers up  

[GrannieAnnie]

Sorry karl, I'm a bit thick at times, what do the pixies do???  make the parsnips short and forked so the manure goblins think the parsnips are the fingers?   But wouldn't they have to pull the parsnips out of the ground to do that?

Or does this all happen underground so we can't see them?    

[muntjac]

now come on nanna you know the little pixies cant pull them out the ground .. silly billy .dont you know they have nicked some fairy dust   :roll:

[GrannieAnnie]

still doesn't help me short parsnips!!!!!

[GrannieAnnie]

I may try another variety next year, but do I share my bathtub between the carrots and the parsnips, or do I just put the carrots in there and put the parsnips in the ground as normal?

I wanted some raised beds, but as we may be moving soon, OH says its not worth it.  Mind you, we were only supposed to be here for 2 years!!!!

[muntjac]

try 50/50 snips at the plug end cos there tuffies like men carrots at the top cos they soft skinned like the ladies  :oops:

[shaun]

dug a few parsnips this morning and noticed that the some of the leaves are burnt (the roots are fine) i can only say it looks like blight ,
2 weeks ago they were fine.
anybody got any ideas ?

[John]

I've got a bit of that on my parsnips, but as long as the root is OK...

Haven't dug any up yet, waiting for a frost to sweeten them first.  What I can't figure is how you can get brilliant perfect roots and a forked weird shaped snip in the same row.

[shaun]

i know what you mean john the same goes for carrots,i never thined mine out so out of 10 roots there may be 4 nice size ones and the rest are like pencils.
i have been waiting for a bit of frost but couldnt wait any longer ,ive had onion and parsnip soup on my mind all week  

[cornykev]

 I've been digging up parsnips for weeks now, fair sized ones too but being a first timer I forgot to write down the variety. I know what you mean about the frost John but we have so many we've been eating them early, even give some away to fellow lotties who didn't have any luck with theirs.  :roll:  


                May the corn be with you.

[wellingtons]

... our allotment is about four rake lengths away from the river and we have lovely sandy loam, but I hadn't realised just how good it was until I pulled my parsnips ... 3 foot long!

Chubby but not woody ... blummin' marvellous!

I want more, more, more!!

[John]

brains, beauty and three foot parsnips. Someone was in the front of the queue when the goodies were handed out