Difference between revisions of "Parsnip"

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For anyone who's had problems - like me last year - with parsnips either not growing very large, or growing like alien multi-legged tennis balls (!!), I suggest you try what I did this year:
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Nothing has been written about this crop yet but I thought it would be a good idea to put the page up so that links to the same crop page develop in both the List of vegetables to grow and the Monthly planner. This should reduce the chance of us getting one page written as 'Tomato' and another written as 'Tomatoes' and another written as 'Tomato Plants'.
  
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Get a big stake or fence post
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If its any help, titles for new pages in Wikipedia seem to include a capital letter on the first word of the title and all following letters are in lower case i.e. 'Brussels sprout' rather than 'Brussel Sprout' or 'brussels sprout'
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Chanfer off the corners to give you a reasonable point
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Push about 12"-15" into the ground, twist a bit, then pull out
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Fill hole with bagged compopst mixed about 3 parts compost to 2 parts sand
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Sow two seeds on the top of the compost/sand mix
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Make the next hole aobut 6" away from the edge of the first.
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Repeat.
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Cover the whole lot with a very thin sprinkling of more compost and sand mix
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When they germinate, remove the weakest looking seedling (if both germinate)
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As soon as the first crop details go on this page this bit of text can be dumped.
  
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I did this for the first time this year - to much ridicule from one of my fellow plot holders - and also sowed another lot as normal, in the same raised bed or well sifted soil.
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Results?
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The parsnips sown in the dibbed holes we universally long, straight and nearly all a decent size (about 10" to 12" long, about 2" to 3" across at the top.
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The others grew well, but several are small and stunted, several have multiple appendages, and none are as big as the other lot.
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All were Tender & True.
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I'll certainly be donig the same again this year - as will my vocal neighbour!
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Tony
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Revision as of 09:51, 28 March 2006

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reason for present empty page

Nothing has been written about this crop yet but I thought it would be a good idea to put the page up so that links to the same crop page develop in both the List of vegetables to grow and the Monthly planner. This should reduce the chance of us getting one page written as 'Tomato' and another written as 'Tomatoes' and another written as 'Tomato Plants'.

If its any help, titles for new pages in Wikipedia seem to include a capital letter on the first word of the title and all following letters are in lower case i.e. 'Brussels sprout' rather than 'Brussel Sprout' or 'brussels sprout'

As soon as the first crop details go on this page this bit of text can be dumped.

Retrieved from "http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/joomla/components/com_mambowiki/index.php/Parsnip"

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