Mr Fothergill's Vegetable Seeds Parsnip Tender & True - 500 Seeds

Good for the table as well as the exhibition bench. Exceptional flavour, reliable cropper.

A Best Buy variety as recommended by the Gardening Press and Consumer Groups.
Recommended by Anne Swithinbank in BBC Gardeners World Magazine (January 2015 edition):
“This attractive, long-rooted parsnip delivers great texture and flavour. Canker resistant. Although we try others, I keep coming back to this old favourite.”

Also recommended by Rosie Yeomans

Sow & Grow:

Outdoors: sow thinly February-May, where they are to crop, 1.5cm (½") deep, directly into finely-prepared, light, fertile soil, which has already been watered. Allow 40cm (16") between rows. Early sowings may benefit from cloche protection.

Seedlings usually appear in 14-32 days. Thin plants to 20cm (8") apart. Replace any dislodged soil. Water well until plants are established.

Leave roots in the ground until required, as they improve after exposure to autumn frosts.

Harvest: October-February.

Hints & Tips:

A deeply-dug soil, with stones removed, will help this variety attain its full size and exhibition quality roots.