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Post by digga on Feb 3, 2009 15:05:58 GMT 1
I have sowed my parsnips and will let you know how I get on.
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Post by maggyd on Feb 3, 2009 19:32:00 GMT 1
Good luck digga  I dont know how long they normally take to germinate!! there is no sign of mine yet I thing they have been in about 1 month. |
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Post by Biggles on Feb 3, 2009 20:31:47 GMT 1
You have to be patient Maggs--anytime now they will show--
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Post by maggyd on Feb 3, 2009 21:06:37 GMT 1
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Post by emseypop on Feb 19, 2009 9:17:39 GMT 1
I have germination! the ones i put on wet paper. I'd forgotten about them, when I looked this morning loads had sprouted! The loo roll ones no joy, and there nothing going on in the window box either.
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Post by bogmyrtle on Feb 19, 2009 10:57:34 GMT 1
I have germination! the ones i put on wet paper. I'd forgotten about them, when I looked this morning loads had sprouted! The loo roll ones no joy, and there nothing going on in the window box either. Excellent news emsey, well done - I had better get a move on, mine are still in the packet, won't do anything there will they?! |
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Post by emseypop on Feb 19, 2009 13:31:46 GMT 1
I had two sprouted bags of parsnip seeds, just sprinkled them into my boarders. I was going to plant them carefully but got fed up, Louis 'helping' wasn't helping either  I promise I'll put the other bag carefully into a container. |
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Post by alicat on Feb 20, 2009 0:58:03 GMT 1
I have sowed my parsnips and will let you know how I get on. Hi Digga any show yet on your Parsnips - i know it's still early days - but you never know with Parsnips. :  Have you got them on a window sill or in a heated/unheated G/House. |
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Post by bogmyrtle on Feb 23, 2009 9:53:49 GMT 1
Did mine yesterday on a wet paper towel on the kitchen window sill, will let you know how I get on.
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Post by Biggles on Feb 23, 2009 15:48:16 GMT 1
 These are my Parsnip seed which were 'chitted' and you can see the 'shoots' just starting to form. I will 'pot' them up and show another photograph later on--Bigs |
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Post by maggyd on Feb 23, 2009 16:08:31 GMT 1
Oh Ive done it All wrong then I didnt chit them AND they are in a mixture of seed compost mixed with garden compost!! I note After I did them that unfed garden soil is the best!!
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Post by Biggles on Feb 23, 2009 16:37:06 GMT 1
Dont worry Maggs--
I put mine in Compost to start with-(to get them going) then I plant the whole toilet tube in the soil as Digga suggested (Ordinary garden soil)
Mine were fine last year. I just had five in one container--it gave us a couple of meals -for two-
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Post by Biggles on Feb 23, 2009 16:40:13 GMT 1
PS--You are not too late to do the Parsnips--I put mine (on the saucer with wet kitchen tissue in the airing cupboard to hurry them along!-BUT dont forget they are there ;D
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Post by bogmyrtle on Feb 23, 2009 16:52:17 GMT 1
PS--You are not too late to do the Parsnips--I put mine (on the saucer with wet kitchen tissue in the airing cupboard to hurry them along!-BUT dont forget they are there ;D You know me too well Biggles  |
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Post by alicat on Feb 26, 2009 0:32:23 GMT 1
I will have to check but i'm sure we didn't do ours until march / April last year - straight into the ground - a mixture of soil and old compost. They grew like crazy to begin with then slowed down. Think it was due to me not feeding them later in the year.  Finally earlier this month when the ground wasn't frozen we dug them up for Sunday dinner - Rob was laughing his head off saying they would be no good.  UMmm.... They were smaller than they should have been, but very tasty.  Hoping for even better results this year. Good luck all. xx |
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Post by maggyd on Feb 28, 2009 22:34:33 GMT 1
Well I dont know the exact date I planted mine but the first time I spoke about them on this thread was 11th Jan!! it is now 28th Feb and still no sign! Im very tempted to feel for one and see if it has budged. |
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Post by Biggles on Feb 28, 2009 23:11:45 GMT 1
I have 1 just showing---I stuck mine in the airing cupboard overnight ;D
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Post by emseypop on Mar 1, 2009 8:59:39 GMT 1
I put the ones I'd sown in loo roll in the compost bin yesterday.
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Post by Biggles on Mar 1, 2009 12:48:29 GMT 1
"All Ye of Feint Heart!"--Have Patience---Bigs ;D
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Post by maggyd on Mar 1, 2009 16:51:52 GMT 1
 Well I dont believe it they are through at last didnt have my glassess on so dont know exactly how many but I cold see some in all the pots. ;D
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Post by Biggles on Mar 1, 2009 17:31:04 GMT 1
Emsey--quick get those loo rolls out of the compost bin--you might just save the Parsnips ;D
I wonder how Digga and Bennets are getting on with their Parsnips otherwise there will just be Maggs and me to compare how ours are growing.
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Post by emseypop on Mar 1, 2009 18:07:04 GMT 1
Emsey--quick get those loo rolls out of the compost bin--you might just save the Parsnips ;D I wonder how Digga and Bennets are getting on with their Parsnips otherwise there will just be Maggs and me to compare how ours are growing. I put them in around new years day biggs  I have some I germinated on paper in a window box, there are a few in there look OK ATM and there is another window box I sowed seeds straight into about 4 weeks ago, I put pellets on the top of it yesterday as I can see a slug has been in there. I scattered a few seeds into my boarders too, so all may not be lost. |
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Post by maggyd on Mar 1, 2009 18:10:47 GMT 1
You have to have patience em I nearlly binned mine too but thier through at last Im wondering now though about the compost.!! |
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Post by Biggles on Mar 2, 2009 22:37:26 GMT 1
Another 2 germinated!
Maggy when you finally sow them out, if you have used the cardboard Loo Rolls bury them complete with the cardboard roll into a Container approx 12"-18" depth--with Garden Soil mixed with a little bit of compost--they dont need any nourishment--and dont need to be fed at all--(They fork otherwise)
This size container will take about 5 Parsnip plants--or mine did last year--Others may have more idea than me--
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Post by maggyd on Mar 2, 2009 22:44:53 GMT 1
I hadnt intended moving them Biggs look  they are staying where they are now! Ill learn by my mistakes I suppose. : |
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I promise I'll put the other bag carefully into a container.
I have some I germinated on paper in a window box, there are a few in there look OK ATM and there is another window box I sowed seeds straight into about 4 weeks ago, I put pellets on the top of it yesterday as I can see a slug has been in there. I scattered a few seeds into my boarders too, so all may not be lost.