Topic: Too late for Parsnips?

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I had half a row empty and some snip seeds left --- I've bunged them in after reading this thread in hopes of having babies for eating raw in autumn. Let's compare notes later.......

[manicscousers]

I'm having a go tomorrow, my late dwarf beans have just come up so, you never know  ;D

[earlypea]

Seems perfect parsnip germinating conditions - some April sown ones had popped up on Friday not in any useful spaces though.  Hope it holds long enough.

[cornykev]

I sowed the rest of my seeds this afternoon in the gaps that never germinated, in for a penny.  ??? :-\    ;D ;D ;D

[Jeannine]

Me too, I'll root for you if you'll root for me.XX Jeannine

[manicscousers]

root, root, sowed a row this morning  ;D

[cornykev]

All together now ROOT.     ;D ;D ;D

[earlypea]

I'm curious - did anyone have any germinate?

Mine didn't  :(  though I suppose they may yet.  Unfortunately, a couple of days after sowing the temperature went right up again, though only briefly, I reckon it was enough to put them off.

It wasn't my usual parsnip either which I know to be reliable - should've put some in the airing cupboard to check they were good'uns at the same time.  Now, I'll never know - was it the snip seeds or the weather?

[kippers garden]

A lot of men grow and take things home. I am sure a lot of wives do not use the stuff taken home, well actually. I know they don't. Their husband's just think they do and the ladies are happy for their husbands to go to the lottie to get them out of the house.

I did laugh when I read this and i'm sure you must be right.

I am a female allotment holder and i always moan that the chaps on my allotment grow the veg and take it home for their wifes to prepare whilst us women have to prepare it as well as grow it.  However, this has made me realise that this isn't so bad, as I don't waste anything when preparing it.

[grannyjanny]

There's an 80 year old man on our site & he is always complaining that his wife prefers to shop at Aldi & Lildl's for her veg. I've told him he can move in with us & we'll eat his them ;).

[Jeannine]

It's tempting not to grow sometimes I bought huge Peaches and Cream organic sweetcorn yesterday 12 for $2, and organic yellow courgettes were 3 lbs for a $1 .Organic Peaches 60c pound Cherries 80c pound

Sometimes I wonder...when I am surrounded by local grown

Then I see parsnips  $3.60lb and Brussel Sprouts and $2.99 lb


Then I decide it is worth it for some things.

XX Jeannine