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chitting parsnip seed
« on: May 12, 2010, 21:13 »
Following the spectacular failure of my parsnips to germinate after six weeks (12 up out of 4m sown  :lol: ) I decided to chit some on damp paper, and painstakingly tweezer them into those rootrainer pots (got as a Christmas gift).

They were scattered on 2nd May and they are already getting little roots  :D :D :D
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Re: chitting parsnip seed
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2010, 21:20 »
Sowed 3 year old seeds directly into the ground 3 weeks ago. 90% germination a full row of snips up now. Im not bragging - just amazed. I had written them off before they were even in the ground. Today I just stood staring at them in disbelief  :De
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Re: chitting parsnip seed
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2010, 21:21 »
Quote from: skywalker on May 12, 2010, 21:20
Sowed 3 year old seeds directly into the ground 3 weeks ago. 90% germination a full row of snips up now. Im not bragging - just amazed. I had written them off before they were even in the ground. Today I just stood staring at them in disbelief  :De

You can go off people you know  :lol:
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Re: chitting parsnip seed
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2010, 21:48 »
Quote from: sunshineband on May 12, 2010, 21:21
Quote from: skywalker on May 12, 2010, 21:20
Sowed 3 year old seeds directly into the ground 3 weeks ago. 90% germination a full row of snips up now. Im not bragging - just amazed. I had written them off before they were even in the ground. Today I just stood staring at them in disbelief  :De

You can go off people you know  :lol:
Indeed. 
My original sowing (a few weeks back) is really patchy but now they are up and I can see where the rows are meant to be, I've "infilled" the gaps with another sowing.  I've sown very thickly in the hope that I do atually get enough to fill the gaps  :blink:
How on earth did you get 90% ?!
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« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2010, 23:16 »
I only grow snips in Morrisons flower tubs and would be disappointed if i didn't get 90 percent germination. I'm not bragging  :tongue2:
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« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2010, 23:32 »
Chitted mine this year, but the seed was a year or two old, got about 50% germination but they are doing nicely in root trainers.

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Re: chitting parsnip seed
« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2010, 21:02 »
Aim to harden off, and get them out, pretty much as soon as they get their first true leaf. Its surprising how quickly the tap root charges downwards ...
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Re: chitting parsnip seed
« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2010, 21:22 »
I have moved 17 this evening into their little homes for the next week or two.

I hear your advice Kristen and will get them out on the plot as soon as that first leaf is  unfurled. Painstaking stuff but worth it I hope  :unsure: :unsure: :unsure:
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Re: chitting parsnip seed
« Reply #8 on: May 13, 2010, 22:28 »
No sign of the the ones planted direct, yet!!
So I've started experimenting! 8)
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« Reply #9 on: May 13, 2010, 22:58 »
Quote from: A. Fallowfield on May 13, 2010, 22:28
No sign of the the ones planted direct, yet!!
So I've started experimenting! 8)

What are you using?  Looks interesting! 
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Re: chitting parsnip seed
« Reply #10 on: May 14, 2010, 17:17 »
The tubes are 2 inch diameter plastic with a paper plug in the bottom. We're lucky to have lots of different scrap plastic pipe from a certain phone company over the fence! ;)
Hopefully I'll be able to push them straight into suitably dibbed holes!
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