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Parsnips
Hey guys. We planted parsnips a few weeks ago. They're doing great I think?? About a foot tall dark green and bushy. When do we harvest them? I know how to check for carrots and beets, but never grown these before??
Thanks for any info! PS, our asparagus is doing GREAT too
Thanks for any info! PS, our asparagus is doing GREAT too
southern gardener- Posts : 1887
Join date : 2011-06-21
Age : 43
Location : california, zone 10a
Re: Parsnips
I harvest my parsnips after they've been touched by first frost, which is sometime in November.
I just realized you probably don't have frost. Check the package that the seeds came in and you'll have a better idea of when to harvest. If you don't have the package I guess you could check online. I think mine take about 8 months.
I just realized you probably don't have frost. Check the package that the seeds came in and you'll have a better idea of when to harvest. If you don't have the package I guess you could check online. I think mine take about 8 months.
CapeCoddess- Posts : 6824
Join date : 2012-05-20
Age : 68
Location : elbow of the Cape, MA, Zone 6b/7a
Re: Parsnips
They are long growing, about 4-8 months.
http://myfolia.com/plants/856-parsnip-pastinaca-sativa
http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/parsnips/how-to-harvest-parsnips.htm
I let the butterfly caterpillars eat all they want as the plant will make more foliage.
http://www.organicgardening.com/learn-and-grow/parsnips
http://www.almanac.com/plant/parsnips
http://myfolia.com/plants/856-parsnip-pastinaca-sativa
http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/parsnips/how-to-harvest-parsnips.htm
I let the butterfly caterpillars eat all they want as the plant will make more foliage.
http://www.organicgardening.com/learn-and-grow/parsnips
http://www.almanac.com/plant/parsnips
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books
Re: Parsnips
thanks guys. Sounds like we have some time still. Some sites say 4 mos, some say a year. Sounds like it's OK to leave them in the ground? We don't get much of a frost here. MAYBE a few nights, but the ground never freezes.
CAMP, what kind of butterfly? That would be cool The Monarchs ate all our milkweed to a stump and moved on
CAMP, what kind of butterfly? That would be cool The Monarchs ate all our milkweed to a stump and moved on
southern gardener- Posts : 1887
Join date : 2011-06-21
Age : 43
Location : california, zone 10a
Re: Parsnips
If you read the articles at the links I sent, one of them mentions swallowtails. I believe.southern gardener wrote:thanks guys. Sounds like we have some time still. Some sites say 4 mos, some say a year. Sounds like it's OK to leave them in the ground? We don't get much of a frost here. MAYBE a few nights, but the ground never freezes.
CAMP, what kind of butterfly? That would be cool The Monarchs ate all our milkweed to a stump and moved on
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books
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