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    I've grown Hollow Crown parsnips instead of my usual Tender and True variety and most of them are woody in the centre its really disappointing.

    This hasn't happened before so I'm not sure what I've done wrong any ideas so it doesn't happen again. ?
    Location....East Midlands.

  • #2
    Nothing you done B in pots had the same thing a few years ago,if memory serves me right,are they not a bigger snip,also the dry season we experienced,so maybe just the bigger core inthem,at the wrong season,
    sigpicAnother nutter ,wife,mother, nan and nanan,love my growing places,seed collection and sharing,also one of these

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    • #3
      Mine must be in the wood too as mine didn't even germinate
      Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

      Blog - @Twotheridge: For The Record - Sowing and Growing with a Virgin Veg Grower: Spring Has Now Sprung...Boing! http://vvgsowingandgrowing2012.blogs....html?spref=tw

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      • #4
        So it looks like its down to the dry summer we've had and my lack of watering

        I'm still going to use them and will remove the hard cores but seeing as they're only around 6 inch long there's not going to be much left.
        Location....East Midlands.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Bren In Pots View Post
          So it looks like its down to the dry summer we've had and my lack of watering

          I'm still going to use them and will remove the hard cores but seeing as they're only around 6 inch long there's not going to be much left.
          Back to T and T?
          Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

          Blog - @Twotheridge: For The Record - Sowing and Growing with a Virgin Veg Grower: Spring Has Now Sprung...Boing! http://vvgsowingandgrowing2012.blogs....html?spref=tw

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          • #6
            Either them or White gem I've had good results from both, I only chose Hollow Crown because they were an old variety.
            Location....East Midlands.

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            • #7
              awe poor vvg,next year eh,
              mine are varing sizes,from midgets to this,i sowed seed before the hot weather,took a long time to come up,then i got a lot of spaces,so sowed more,they not grown as well as the first lot,but most are big enough to peel lol,however they were treated a few times to some of our saved rain water,
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              • #8
                Originally posted by Bren In Pots View Post
                I've grown Hollow Crown parsnips instead of my usual Tender and True variety and most of them are woody in the centre its really disappointing.

                This hasn't happened before so I'm not sure what I've done wrong any ideas so it doesn't happen again. ?
                Are they woody or are the centres just not cooked? Saw on a cookery programme recently a chef making a big thing about the core of a parsnip not cooking as quickly as the outer parts. I have the funniest feeling that he halved them and then prised the cores out and cooked the cores for longer.

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                • #9
                  AP even after cooking them in the pressure cooker to make soup they were woody, I put them through the sieve and ended up with lots of woody bits left over.
                  Location....East Midlands.

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                  • #10
                    I am a bit gutted this year as it is a favoured veg in this house but hey ho, can't have everything. I sowed in March and Miss Z says to sow in April - so that's what I'm going to do in 2012!
                    Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

                    Blog - @Twotheridge: For The Record - Sowing and Growing with a Virgin Veg Grower: Spring Has Now Sprung...Boing! http://vvgsowingandgrowing2012.blogs....html?spref=tw

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                    • #11
                      Mine were sown March 15th so I'll try April sowing next year as well.
                      Location....East Midlands.

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                      • #12
                        You did well, I didn't even get one and they were new seed. So I don't know what I did wrong. There's somebody who uses a scaffold board on their's isn't there?
                        Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

                        Blog - @Twotheridge: For The Record - Sowing and Growing with a Virgin Veg Grower: Spring Has Now Sprung...Boing! http://vvgsowingandgrowing2012.blogs....html?spref=tw

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                        • #13
                          I've read about the board thing so I've had to look for the thread :-

                          http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...hem_61497.html
                          Location....East Midlands.

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                          • #14
                            Thanks BiP - I might try it on one row and not on the other. Hedge my bets a bit.
                            Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

                            Blog - @Twotheridge: For The Record - Sowing and Growing with a Virgin Veg Grower: Spring Has Now Sprung...Boing! http://vvgsowingandgrowing2012.blogs....html?spref=tw

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                            • #15
                              The parsnips i grew in the ground 2 yrs ago were good sized but absolutely full of carrot fly, rusty tunnels from top to bottom.
                              This year i germinated some indoors as per the suggested methods, they were put in my raised beds, unfortunatly they stayed pencil sized as well as being full of carrot fly. Even though the carrots in raised beds were not as bad in raised beds!?
                              I was going to give up but now i'm thinking big tubs, or in the greenhouse with my carrots, perhaps I'll put all the root crops indoors and all the salad outside!
                              Back to the topic... If i get big parsnips i normally core them anyway, i'm weird and just dont like the core, although i love them roast I cant eat them boiled or in a stew!
                              <*}}}>< Jonathan ><{{{*>

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