parsnips

[Bren In Pots]

I've dug up a couple of parsnips today and they're not very fat or long so I was wondering have stopped growing now or can I expect them to get larger ?

[Strawberry delight]

I thought that after the frosts they stopped growing-not definate but thats what i thought.

[rustylady]

Don't think they will get any bigger now.

[Bren In Pots]

Thanks, that's what I thought as well.

[binley100]

Did you grow them in pots Bren ?

[Bren In Pots]

Binley they're grown in a builder tub its about the size of a bath.

[Munch]

Bren I thought that parsnips stopped growing when their leaves flop, a bit like onions. Parsnips are our most sucsessful crop each year although I think they get a little too big (6" x about 18"-2' )

[binley100]

So that's quite deep....... I'll shut up now cos I'm stuck

[Bren In Pots]

What I've been doing is digging down a bit to find the largest ones, thinking the others will catch up so from now on I'll dig them by rows.

[frogga]

I dug our first 3 parsnips today and they werent bad, in the oven now for our dinner, hopefully the frosts over the last few days have made them nice and tasty, I think they are slightly overcrowded to get to a real big size, still its the taste that counts.

[kittyvonsometime]

how close together are they? I tried to get away without thinning them as much as is recommended one year and really affected the size. They genuinely do need space to swell up.

[Shadylane]

Last season I didn't thin at all and they just pushed each other apart. Got varying sizes, some monstrous, some wee, some in between, but I prefer them smaller anyway. Need to go down later and see if I can chisel one out. Don't fancy me chances