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Parsnip Information
Parsnip
Pastinaca sativa
Similar in shape to a carrot but they are white in colour. Roasted in the oven they become sweeter and caramelize. Easy to grow, a true plant-and-forget vegetable.
Moon Planting Type: Root
Soil Type: Any Soil
Aspect: Any aspect
Light: Full Sun
Hardiness: Hardy
Moisture: Well-drained
pH: Neutral (6.6 - 7.3)
Height:
Spread:
Parsnip Growing Notes
Sowing
Sow 1cm deep and 20cm between rows.
Pruning & Thining
Thin as required, water on a regular basis.
Harvesting
Harvest as the tops die off, the best flavour happens when the first frosts have got to the crop.
Parsnip Varieties
- List 1
- List 2
Excellent for exhibition and for culinary purposes. Long, smooth-skinned roots with considerable resistance to canker. Specially recommended....more£1.30
Excellent for exhibition and for culinary purposes. Long, smooth-skinned roots with considerable resistance to canker. Specially recommended....more£3.95
The long tapering, wedge shaped roots with smooth white skin, have considerable canker resistance. Highly recommended for both the table and exhibition use. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Recommend...more£2.25
Highly recommended for use on all soils. Shorter roots than Tender and True, with fine, white smooth skin. Considerable resistance to canker....more£1.55
An improved smooth-skinned hybrid, it produces long, firm, tapering roots of superb flavour and texture. Bred for resistance to the very latest strains of disease, including canker, and therefore, ide...more£2.10
Hardy variety which can be harvested from early June to the end of November. Delicious, smooth-skinned and uniform in colour. The variety is also extremely resistant to canker....more£1.35
Excellent for exhibition and for culinary purposes. Long, smooth-skinned roots with considerable resistant to canker. Specially recommended. Do you have trouble handling small seed and getting an even...more£2.45
Gladiator is an excellent all round performer - strong growing with smooth white skin long tapering roots and natural resistance to canker too. Excellent internal quality and fine flavour to give a p...more£1.79
One of the best parsnips around. Smooth long tapering roots grow very strongly and evenly. Bred for resistance to Parsnip canker and other diseases this is well suited to organic growing. The excellen...more£1.99
This short rooted broad shouldered variety is just the job for shallow soils. It is a high yielder and the roots are delicious roasted or added to winter casseroles....more£1.29
