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HUGE leaves on parsnips....is this right..?

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Re: HUGE leaves on parsnips....is this right..?
« Reply #15 on: July 27, 2009, 13:22 »
rofl..! :lol:  oh - my - goodness -   that is officially a WHOPPER - spectacular! 

I feel a Biggest Parsnip Competition brewing maybe?........... :D
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Re: HUGE leaves on parsnips....is this right..?
« Reply #16 on: July 27, 2009, 20:07 »
Im up for a compo hope to beat DDs this yr (maybe he will stop posting his pic then  :D)
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Re: HUGE leaves on parsnips....is this right..?
« Reply #17 on: July 27, 2009, 20:41 »
I've moved on from parsnips.

Now about these "Wanganui Giant" carrots from down under that I'm growing.....
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Re: HUGE leaves on parsnips....is this right..?
« Reply #18 on: July 27, 2009, 20:44 »
Quote from: DD. on July 27, 2009, 20:41
I've moved on from parsnips.

Now about these "Wanganui Giant" carrots from down under that I'm growing.....
Aww, g'wan g'wan, g'wan.... You know you want to show us!  :D
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Re: HUGE leaves on parsnips....is this right..?
« Reply #19 on: July 27, 2009, 20:46 »
They're not ready yet, but I accidentally pulled one up a couple of weeks ago.

It did the three of us.
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Re: HUGE leaves on parsnips....is this right..?
« Reply #20 on: July 27, 2009, 20:49 »
I'm sure you forgot to mention the leftovers for the next day's lunch, DD  ;)
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Re: HUGE leaves on parsnips....is this right..?
« Reply #21 on: July 27, 2009, 20:57 »
The leaves were delicious.
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Re: HUGE leaves on parsnips....is this right..?
« Reply #22 on: July 27, 2009, 22:32 »
perhaps that's NOT a big parsnip... perhaps it's a very small woman...

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Re: HUGE leaves on parsnips....is this right..?
« Reply #23 on: July 27, 2009, 22:38 »
 :ohmy: :ohmy: :ohmy:

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Re: HUGE leaves on parsnips....is this right..?
« Reply #24 on: July 28, 2009, 04:37 »
im SO pleased someone asked this question as i was also getting worried about the size of mine (parsnips...that is :lol:)...i used richies paper pot method and mine are so high, they are competing with the sweetcorn!!  however, i had a little peek around the root level and can see good sized tops to the parsnips, so fingers crossed, i will possibly be joining the competition later in the year. :)
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Re: HUGE leaves on parsnips....is this right..?
« Reply #25 on: July 28, 2009, 05:28 »
That "small woman" is my daughter - here's the full picture - she would be the first to admit that she's not small.



Vital statistics, (of the parsnip), - 16" long, (left some in the ground), 17" circumference, 4 lb 5 oz weight.
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Re: HUGE leaves on parsnips....is this right..?
« Reply #26 on: July 28, 2009, 07:29 »
only joking DD!

I may well be entering a Smallest Parsnip entry...only 6 have survived and they're no taller than 30cm...so expecting tiny roots :(

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Re: HUGE leaves on parsnips....is this right..?
« Reply #27 on: July 28, 2009, 07:32 »
Can't imagine what it was like to dig that up DD.  Were you expecting it or did it come as a massive shock?  I get excited when I dig up a carrot (haven't grown parsnips yet) and there is some orange there!
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Re: HUGE leaves on parsnips....is this right..?
« Reply #28 on: July 28, 2009, 07:40 »
Wouldn't say it was a massive shock as I was getting some good size parsnips.

It must be the ground, they do well every year and I do nothing special.
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Re: HUGE leaves on parsnips....is this right..?
« Reply #29 on: July 28, 2009, 08:43 »
A 4lb 5oz single parsnip!? Crrrazy! lol :lol: That's just showing off, that is.  I would never do that...much!! :D ::) 

How was the texture and flavour? Do you think it suffers any when vegetables grow to gargantuan proportions?  (Although I'm now hoping I can find out for myself this year! :D) or was it still delish?
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