Patience had paid off

[colser]

After only 2 months the 1st of my parsnips have started to poke through, was beginning to think they had rotted, 7 seedlings appeared overnight, only waiting on another 30 now, the dream of my opwn parsnip on the xmas table is back on

[Demeter]

Whoop!
Nice one

[NOG]

I cant beleve how long they take to germinate.

Some pop up in a few weeks others take ages.

[FionaH]

They do take there sweet time dont they

[Bren In Pots]

I keep checking mine every day no sign yet, my first year I had 38 last year only 7 grew

[Alison Adams]

I am trying to germinate parsnip seeds, nothing so far but havent given up by a long way... I will buy plants if I have to as like Colser I want a home grown Xmas lunch this year - apart from the goose, but maybe even that too in a few years time !

[Norm]

For the last 10 years, my parsnips have taken between 6 weeks and 4 months to germinate in a raised bed. This year I sowed 2 x fifteen foot rows in a raised bed 3 weeks ago and have 80% germination. I've done nothing different to what I did in previous years, but there they are.

[gojiberry]

I have three rows of parsnips in loo rolls but the direct sown has not put in an appearance yet. Couldn't do any more in loo rolls as I ran out of them.

Ian

[Snadger]

I have three rows of parsnips in loo rolls but the direct sown has not put in an appearance yet. Couldn't do any more in loo rolls as I ran out of them.

Ian

They do say that dampened squares of newspaper hung on a nail on the back of the loo door work well..................

[susiewoosie]

I pre germinated mine on a damp bit of kitchen that was put on a plate. Then the whole lot was wrappen in cling wrap. Seemed to speed everything up

[Florence Fennel]

The "will they, wont they?" of parsnip germination is on again! I was getting desperate, but after (only, but it felt like months) 3 weeks the parsnips sown in the raised beds have appeared and now tiny, tiny tendrils are beginning to appear on the ones on damp paper in the airing cupboard! Happy days.

[susiewoosie]

The best thing is that I'm growing parsnips and I don't even like them

[podfather]

having asked for advice as my parsnips hadn't germinated did as adviced and tried some in a tub happy to say not only are they going in today but the ones i thought had rotted have also poked their heads above the surface, lets hope for a winter of roasties.

[Eco-Chic]

The best thing is that I'm growing parsnips and I don't even like them

*Wishes I lived a lot closer to Susiewoosie*

[susiewoosie]

Yeah it is a bit far isn't it. I'm not sure they would survive Royal Mail