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Seeding: from April to May
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Distance: 30.0 cm x 10.0 cm
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Height: 30 – 80 cm
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Harvest: Year 1: 24 weeks after seeding, year 2: from January to April
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Habitat: sunny
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Good Neighbours: Beetroot, Salad, Spinach, Winter purslane
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Bad Neighbours: Carrots, Celery, Fennel, Parsley
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Biennial frost-resistant winter vegetable Needs a soil rich in nutrients. It takes 6 to 8 months to grow.
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Require an average level of nutrients
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Properties
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Parsnip is a winter vegetable.
The parsnip root is white-yellow and its shape is similar to Hamburg root
parsley. This herbaceous plant can reach a height of about 1.20
m.
Parsnips are eaten raw with salad, cooked as a vegetable or as a soup.
Habitat
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Parsnips need a location in full sun with
loose soil which is rich in nutrients.
Propagation
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Parsnips propagate generatively via seeds or vegetatively from root cuttings or by dividing the rootstock.
Good Successors
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Plants that are well suited for next year cultivation:
(not specified)
Bad Successors
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The following plants should not be planted in the following years:
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3 year(s)
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Parsnips
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Winter Protection
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Parsnips are frost-resistant.
The roots are winter-hardy and can be left in their bed through the winter.
For a hard winter or for violent rainstorms or a very wet spring, cover the bed containing the young plants with fleece or sheeting.
Tip:
Parsnips develop their special aroma when they have been through a frost.
Cultivation
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- Fertilise regularly, but don't work fresh dung or unripe compost into the soil.
- Water regularly but
avoid standing water. Germination is only possible if the soil is evenly moist.
- During the growth period hoe
regularly and weed.
Deseases / pests
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Pests:
Include voles, carrot flies, aphids
Preventative measures:
- Remove affected parsnips from the bed. Collect and destroy larvae.
- Wash
down affected parts with a mild solution of washing up liquid.
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Do not use fresh dung or unripe compost to mulch or fertilise.
- Do not plant the plants to closely together.
Diseases: Fungal diseases (mildew, carrot leaf blight
Control:
- Cut off affected leaves and dispose of them.
- Spray parts affected with mildew several times each week with a milk-water solution.
Preventative measures: Rotating crops correctly can prevent unwanted diseases.
Harvest
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Harvest (roots) from mid autumn.
To do that, loosen the soil, carefully pull the parsnips out, cut of the leaves and keep the roots in a suitable place.
Parsnips can be peeled and cut into cubes and then stored in the freezing compartment.
Storage
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Parsnips can be peeled and diced and kept
in the freezing compartment.
Store fresh parsnips in a freezer bag in a cool, dark place or in the fridge.
Parsnip roots can
either be
kept for some weeks in the fridge or in a container (bucket, box) filled with moist sand in a cool and dark room, such as in the cellar.
The
ambient temperature should not exceed 2°C.
Tip:
Do not wash the root before storing as that shortens the time that it will keep.
Preparation
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Parsnip leaves are eaten as a herb, mostly raw or just briefly heated.
The root is included when cooking
soups and sauces.
Location of your garden:
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