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09 Jun 11, Meg (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

I would like to grow parsnips on a large scale any suggestions?

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28 Apr 11, (Australia - tropical climate)

I wish to grow parsnips on a larger scale like market gardenening... any suggestions?

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11 Sep 10, angela seeckts (Australia - temperate climate)

Strange shaped parsnips and in the same garden bed, cauliflowers with leaves only. Can you tell me why?

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12 Jul 14, Yuri (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Too much nitrogen

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13 Sep 10, Kit (Australia - temperate climate)

My parsnips are a little undersized but ok. My Cauliflowers are leaves only as well. Anyone got any ideas? -Kit Houston

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18 Jan 12, Derek (Australia - temperate climate)

Sounds likes excess nitrogen. Carrots and parsnip will split and deform with a lot of nitrogen in soil. Fruit/flowering plants including cauliflowers will produce a lot of foliage with nitrogen. Try to reduce heavy nitrogen based fertiliser for fruiting, flowering and root veg.

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11 Jun 10, Matty (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Just harvested a great crop of parsnips, it helps to grow them in well drained soil, (keep the water up to them) and in raised garden beds are ideal.

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19 Mar 10, Peter G (Australia - temperate climate)

I now grow my seedlings in 3-4 inch pots.Take a stryropor brocolli box,cut off to make it about 4-5 inchs high. place in pots, sieve in and around to fill all spaces. mix ; mush compost, my own compost and garden soil in equal proportions. always keep moist and best covered until germination. plant out when roots poke through base of pot.result, good even rows, no gaps. when planting , add your choice of fertiliser in base of hole, cover a little and back fill with your best growing soil.It is worth the trouble Thanks Muddy knees - who also has his own method of transplanting.Have not tried it with parsnip , but I know it will work!

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29 Dec 09, Bill Marshall (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

I have difficulty getting parsnips to germinate - can you help me

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22 Nov 09, Kiwi Exile in Melbourne (Australia - temperate climate)

Parsnip Germination: I've not had any issues in two years, and have used packet seeds 2 years running with success (I always roll up the inner foil packet tightly after opening. I plant in a narrow drill & cover with seed raising mix. I keep surface damp AT ALL TIMES long after germination. (damp down night & morning, even more often if very hot.) - Thanks to my water tank. Easier to get started in spring and Autumn than in a hot dry summer. I find parsnips easy to grow than carrots.

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