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I kept one parsnip back from the winter harvest and replanted it to allow it to flower as an attractant for beneficial insects. It's now occurred to me that i can save the seed but I'm not sure exactly how to go about it. I think the seed needs to dry on the plant - but for how long? I'm sure there's a fine line between too early and it self-seeding all over my broad bean bed!
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Last edited by perkin; 24-06-2011, 03:48 AM.come visit a garden
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Vegetable Seeds : Parsnip Seed suggests they go papery. I've a row of them waiting to collect the seed - at the moment they look like parnsip seeds, but they're still fat and green.. I was planning on waiting until they dried out some (I'd have thought another 2/3 weeks) before I harvest them. -
Let them dry on the plant as much as you can - the plant is really tall, you may need to stake it
If you get prolonged wet weather near harvest time, cut the stalks and let the browning seed continue drying in a ... dry place
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When they look almost ready cut the head and place a paper bag over it and hang upside down somewhere dry and airy.Comment
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Thanks all - they are starting to look a bit parsnip-seed-like already so I'll monitor the rate of drying over the next few weeks.come visit a garden
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hi, i just got some seeds off my plant and there were some bugs on there that looked like parsnip seeds! cool, i dont know if they are bad for my crop but i was impressed with mother natures camouflage on these critters, i have mine hanging upside down in a baby bath in an unused cowshedComment
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how did it go then? i have an envelope of around 4000 seeds and a few more hanging in the baby bath, definately worth doing,Comment
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