Grow Your Own Magazine

i have sown about 12 true and tender parsnip seeds into loo rolls and put them in my heated propagator do you think they will germinate.

I pre-germinate them - on damp kitchen roll inside a clear poly bag so I can see when they have sprouted. As soon as they do I transfer them into a loo roll.

__________________
Earth laughs in flowers. Ralph Waldo Emerson

www.vegheaven.blogspot.com

Updated November 30th - Mr Stinky's Excellent Adventure (and a Christmas Cake)

They usually take a long time to germinate hence the old saying " They go three times to the devil before breaking the surface!"

__________________
My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

I did mine in jiffy pots 2 weeks since stored in greenhouse and still no sign, no i know why they with the devil

so they is still a chance they will germinate pew thats good news.

__________________
Smile and the world smiles with you

I also pregerminate mine in an ice cream tub with a piece of warm k-roll after this I put them in loo rolls stuffed with compost

Hi, i have mine also in loo rolls. I have mine it a very warm airing cupboard and although i spray them well twice a day ,come morning they are as dry as a bone.....maybe i should move them ??. Minty X

__________________
" If it tastes like chicken THEN EAT CHICKEN " :- Kermit The Frog


http://mohicans-allotment.blogspot.com/

I don't think they require a lot of heat Minty, in fact I think they can be sown outside shortly!

__________________
My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

I have tried pre-germinating on damp kitchen roll in an ice cream tub covered with clingfilm. How long do they take to sprout?

pjh

I usually pregerminate on a bit of K-Roll one a saucer in a plaggy bag .. it seems to take years but I suspect it's only a week or 5

__________________
ntg

Never be afraid to try something new.
Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
A large group of professionals built the Titanic

http://grief-encounters.blogspot.com/

I still don’t have any thing; think you were right Snadger “They go three times to the devil before breaking the surface!" Think the devil forgot to send mine back

__________________
Smile and the world smiles with you

If you're spraying that often, then your compost wasn't wet enough to start with. Same advice with seeds as with open ground - a little sprinkle every day is not good. A good soaking to start with and then enough water to keep thoroughly moist is the ideal.

Hi. I removed them from the airing cupboard 3 days ago and they are coming through now. So hopefully fhey dont get too leggy and i can plant them out soon.
Minty X

__________________
" If it tastes like chicken THEN EAT CHICKEN " :- Kermit The Frog


http://mohicans-allotment.blogspot.com/

I think you can sow direct from now on. The packet I have says mid Feb onwards so mine will be done anytime soon. If you are sowing in small pots/seed tray with the plan to transplant later be aware they don't like root disturbance. Last year I tried the paper pot method and probaly left them in too long because the roots were poking out of the bottom when I moved them on. Of the few I got they had badly suffered forking.

This year I'm sowing direct into huge cardboard tubes filled with a fine soil and sand mixture. I'll sow a few seeds per tube then thin to the strongest asap. No disturbance and hopefully a decent crop.

__________________
http://plot62.blogspot.com/

Make sure you have new seed. Parsnip seeds are notoriously early to 'go off'.

__________________
Earth laughs in flowers. Ralph Waldo Emerson

www.vegheaven.blogspot.com

Updated November 30th - Mr Stinky's Excellent Adventure (and a Christmas Cake)

Hmm i'm doing mine in cell trays. Myself and a fellow allotmenteer have decide to trial what would be best, he is doing the tissue way and i'm doing the propargate in cells and i think he has someone else doing them staight in the ground. I'll let you know how we go.

Don't leave them too long in the cells. They really don't like being disturbed so keep potting on or transplant asap. The root wants to grow straight down and if it curls round your pot or any other obstacle gets in the way you'll get wonky parsnips! Nothing too wrong with that mind, they're just difficult to peel so you waste a lot of the good stuff

__________________
http://plot62.blogspot.com/

At long last i've got some parsnips that have just germinate this week
Pew thought the devil forgot to send them back, yes i've got my parsnips
Snadger you were right do they do take a long time to germinate

__________________
Smile and the world smiles with you

Planted mine this weekend straight outside. Only one row though. Interesting to see how long they take to come through.

Steven