Parsnips, 4 weeks on still nowt?

Our parsnip seeds have been in the ground for over 4 weeks now, and there's still nothing showing.....

This year we decided to try seed tapes, as my dad did last year had fantastic results! 

People say they take an age to germinate, but THIS long, surely there should be at least some signs of life by now??

Patience I think. Mine are just showing today after just over 3 weeks but they are under a cloche. Yours will show in another week or so I guess as there has been some cold nights that will have slowed them down.

MAY!!?? 

Back in March, one guy said 'if they don't go in now, it'll be too late later on to sow them!'

Mine are going in this weekend.

If they haven't showed by now, there is little chance they will
Parsnips are temper-mental. You need fresh seeds each year ideally
They can also be prown to rot

I sow mine on their side to prevent this

If your weather has been anything like it has been here they have probably had a couple of weeks of warm weather followed by a a couple of weeks of cold - they are never in a great hurry at the best of times - what I would do is go for the "belt and braces" approach and sow 3-4 seeds at about 8" intervals parallel to where your existing seeds are; you can always pull out any excess seedlings.)

(P.S. - yet to sow mine yet!)