Topic: Hamburg parsley

[aquilegia]

Is Hamburg Parsley easier to grow than parsnips? Does it really taste like parsnips?

I had a total disaster with 'snips this year - zero germination and I love them!

[Hugh_Jones]

I`ve only grown it once - just to try.  I can`t say that it`s any easier to grow than parsnips because I never have any difficulty growing parsnips.  It certainly doesn`t taste like parsnips, and I was told not to bother growing them again.

[aquilegia]

oh bother. I'll just have to try extra hard with the parsnips next year.

And thanks for the seeds Hugh.   :)

[piglit]

Hi aqui,

Have you seen those special seeds that are treated (not chemically but with controlled moisture I think) so that they germinate more easily.  They sell parsley and parsnips and others that are known to be difficult.  I think Dobbies catalogue may have them.  They are a little more expensive but worth it if you have had lots of trouble perhaps??

piglit

[Multiveg]

Tried growing once, but hubby weeded them out. Incidently, that year, we only had one parsnip in the row (the rest he thought were weeds)

[carloso]

dear multi  do you still let him on the plot lolol

he sounds worst than mice lol (i mean that nicely !! lol)

carl

[Multiveg]

He hasn't been there for ages - well, just to bring home the tubtrug of spuds and things. Earlier in the year, he built me a shed.

[carloso]

oww he can build me a shed to please!!
 i have just aquired another free greenhouse (to be cut down and made into cold frames) but could do with a shed pretty handy thing

carl