parsnips

**Strawberry delight** · 26-11-2010, 05:32 PM

I thought that after the frosts they stopped growing-not definate but thats what i thought.

**rustylady** · 26-11-2010, 05:57 PM

Don't think they will get any bigger now.

**Bren In Pots** · 26-11-2010, 06:30 PM

Thanks, that's what I thought as well.

**binley100** · 26-11-2010, 06:33 PM

Did you grow them in pots Bren ?

**Bren In Pots** · 26-11-2010, 06:35 PM

Binley they're grown in a builder tub its about the size of a bath.

**Munch** · 26-11-2010, 06:44 PM

Bren I thought that parsnips stopped growing when their leaves flop, a bit like onions. Parsnips are our most sucsessful crop each year although I think they get a little too big (6" x about 18"-2'

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**binley100** · 26-11-2010, 06:46 PM

So that's quite deep....... I'll shut up now cos I'm stuck

**Bren In Pots** · 26-11-2010, 07:30 PM

What I've been doing is digging down a bit to find the largest ones, thinking the others will catch up so from now on I'll dig them by rows.

**frogga** · 27-11-2010, 06:28 PM

I dug our first 3 parsnips today and they werent bad, in the oven now for our dinner, hopefully the frosts over the last few days have made them nice and tasty, I think they are slightly overcrowded to get to a real big size, still its the taste that counts.

**kittyvonsometime** · 06-12-2010, 09:13 AM

how close together are they? I tried to get away without thinning them as much as is recommended one year and really affected the size. They genuinely do need space to swell up.

**Shadylane** · 06-12-2010, 10:30 AM

Last season I didn't thin at all and they just pushed each other apart. Got varying sizes, some monstrous, some wee, some in between, but I prefer them smaller anyway. Need to go down later and see if I can chisel one out. Don't fancy me chances

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