Soil too rich for Parsnips?

[Scoot]

My Parsnips this year aren't very good at all. I've grew them for four years and this is the first year they have been rubbish. Is it possible that the soil is too rich as i hoyed a load of homemade compost on in the spring.

[burnie]

I hope not mine are on top of almost a dalek full of compost, it's manure you should avoid with root crops. Are you rotating your beds and not growing the same thing in the same place.

[Scoot]

Yeah, i always rotate.

[Jungle Jane]

Did you use old seed?

[Snoop Puss]

Is it hotter or drier than in previous years?

[Scoot]

Brand new seed. The weather is just a typical north eastern summer.

[Jungle Jane]

Is it a bit early for harvesting them? Mine look like they'd be nothing right now just small top growth.

[Jay-ell]

My Parsnips this year aren't very good at all. I've grew them for four years and this is the first year they have been rubbish. Is it possible that the soil is too rich as i hoyed a load of homemade compost on in the spring.

So what's wrong with them exactly? Have they germinated? Are they not growing well?

Out of my original sowing I got 1 parsnip growing.

Sowed some more a couple of weeks ago from an old packet into the SFG bed which had a bin full of home made compost and a couple of buckets of manure added and I have another dozen new little plants. OK a late sowing and rich soil may give me small forked roots but that's better than none.

[Scoot]

So what's wrong with them exactly? Have they germinated? Are they not growing well?

Out of my original sowing I got 1 parsnip growing.

Sowed some more a couple of weeks ago from an old packet into the SFG bed which had a bin full of home made compost and a couple of buckets of manure added and I have another dozen new little plants. OK a late sowing and rich soil may give me small forked roots but that's better than none.

Theyre just very small still. Theyve been in since April and by now are usuall a lot bigger.

[Jay-ell]

Any photos? Do they look healthy or are there signs of pests or disease?

From the old/seed new seed I think everyone was looking along the lines of poor germination.