Parsnips

[Bren In Pots]

I've got 40 loo rolls with 5 or 6 seeds in each and after 4 weeks there's only 10 peeping above the compost.

Looks like I'll be buying my parsnips from the grocer this winter.

[gojiberry]

This time of the year there should be no problem with sowing direct as the ground has warmed up especially as you live in Surrey. I sowed direct many weeks ago and I have had good germination.

Ian

[Edwardo82]

I sowed my snips directly in the ground about one month ago and loads have germinated. I dug a small trench for each row and filled them with compost and gave it a soaking and put the seeds on top of the wet compost sparingly (about 3 inch between each seed). I then covered them up again with compost and gave each row a final watering. I then kept them covered up with horticultural fleece until they were about 1 inch tall.

The seeds were bought arounf July 2008 and they were fine, thankfully.

Ed

[coreopsis]

Is it too late to plant them now?Asking because I got 2 packets from the seed supplier(they mistook parsley with parsnip).Nobody wants them in the seed swap so maybe I could chuck the seeds somewhere(goodness know wher)if it's not too late and think about them later(I could feed OH with them as I'm not a big fan of parnips).Unless somebody wants some seeds.

[scarey55]

I would go for it. The seeds don't last so what have you got to loose. I think parsnips can be left in the ground over winter and they have the best part of the growing season still to go. That's what I am hoping anyway - I have just chitted some more because I realised I don't have enough.

[coreopsis]

Thanks,if there's no takers I'll sow them at the weekend.

[Florence Fennel]

Is it too late to plant them now?Asking because I got 2 packets from the seed supplier(they mistook parsley with parsnip).Nobody wants them in the seed swap so maybe I could chuck the seeds somewhere(goodness know wher)if it's not too late and think about them later(I could feed OH with them as I'm not a big fan of parnips).Unless somebody wants some seeds.

I've put some in today, because the ones sown 3 weeks ago are still not showing. They are in the fleece covered raised bed with carrots that I am harvesting daily. This lot I have sown outside, with gay abandon (well, praps not so much gay) and if they do a vanishing act, I too will be buying parsnips. Oh and I've also got some in a 14 litre bucket, but they are shy too. What is it with parsnips?