[Grubbypaws]

I want to grow parsnips for taste. I dont mind what they look like or how big they grow ( though I was impressed DD  :blink: ). I just want to know which is the sweetest.

[azubah]

A roasted one..

Seriously, I have not noticed any difference in the taste of different varieties, but they are lovely coated in olive oil and roasted.

[Grubbypaws]

Exactly the way I love to cook them    delicious.

I started growing my own last year after tasting the most wonderfully sweet parsnip in the Spanish Pyrenees.

I grew tender and true and although they were delicious they weren't quite as fantastic as the ones I had roasted in Spain. I wondered if there was a variety you all could recommend that would really get those taste buds going.

[Kristen]

Don't start harvesting them until they have had a good frost on them (so for my money no point growing an Early Variety for Autumn Harvesting ...)

Make then grow down for water early in the year. I don't normally water mine until perhaps July ... but this year I have been watering them since start of May as we have had not rain to speak of since beginning of March be interesting to see if they are less sweet as a result this year.

I've only ever grown "Tender and True" but our guests rave about them (if they are lucky enough to be invited for Sunday Roast !!)

[Lupin lurcher]

Hi clare I grew gladiator last year and they where so sweet, but I do agree they where at their best about Feb - March.  I sowed the seed end of March 2010.

[arugula]

Albion grown here for the past couple of seasons. Tender and True growing this year.

[DD.]

I'm sticking with tried & tested "Gladiator". (Go well with my "Centurion" onions  )

[JayG]

I'm sticking with tried & tested "Gladiator". (Go well with my "Centurion" onions  )

I've grown a few varieties over the years but I've stuck with Gladiator for the last few (I still look more like an orangutan than Russell Crowe though!)

I thnk the nervous tension waiting for them to germinate just leaves me feeling relieved to finish up with a good crop (I'm not sure I can really tell the difference between the popular varieties, although "the frost thing" does improve the sweetness.)

Clareblues: we have a few members living in Spain who might post here to say what varieties are popular there! 

[Grubbypaws]

They were bought in Falset market, Priorat, Catalonia

[arugula]

I'm sticking with tried & tested "Gladiator". (Go well with my "Centurion" onions  )

I think I detect a theme here...... 

[mumofstig]

I think I detect a theme here......

mmm Broccoli Romanesco and Cavaolo Nero.............

[DD.]

Don't forget your Caesar Salad.

[mumofstig]

we are already in the Forum