pre chitted parsnips

I've prechitted on damp kitchen paper and potted them into richies paper pots, are they okay to go out into the unheated greenhouse now?

I'm trying the same. How long before they chit?

oh dear, i have had some on  paper for a week now, does that mean they are dead ?

oh dear, i have had some on  paper for a week now, does that mean they are dead ?

Same here 

My DH pre-chits his parsnips. He keeps them on damp paper and checks them every day. Any with a hint of root coming out are planted straight away in toilet roll insides filled with compost. If the root gets too long it may get damaged when handled. We are getting slight frosts just now and it does not affect them.

I've just been checking mine and I think I can see a tiny hair like shoot. 

I grew my Parsnips last year in toilet rolls, when it came to planting out I knew I had 100% germination and because I put them in neat rows I can now still find them now although the foliage has almost gone. Having said that, I will be using Richies rolls for parsnips and---Swede, because I'm fed up with thinning them out. Cheers Richie good idea.