I lift our Parsnips after a few frosts but before the soil becomes solid, and store in the shed in sand, we finished ours last week, we too prefer them roasted, as well as carrots. courgettes etc.
I too am an avid parsnip eater and grower. this year in Porto Portugal I have had the best results for ages, as the roots were clean straight and above all very long. Eating was a joy, very sweetand tender so I am trying out Sowing now for over wintering and see what a result comes, because here Hard frost is very rare so the growing season is very long and in most cases two crops a year is possible however I do miss what the frost does to the flavour, because for me frost enhances it.
Two weeks ago we boiled our first home grown Parsnips, the tast was not good, the outer flesh tasted very loose and spongy, not a good tast in the mouth. Have we lifted thm too soon. the seeds went in about May/Jone.
I grew parsnips for the first time in the Algarve , Portugal. To my surprise they did amazing well in the heavy clay soil I got and with minimal irrigation. I put them in a mixed veg soup. Yummy is correct!
Visit us at Viverplanta, Olhão, Portugal for plants other than parsnips
I grow parsnips in heavy clay soil. A recent one weighed 1kg and measured 20 inches by 4 inches. The problem is that digging them up in late summer is a nightmare. I did it waith a cold chisel and mallet last time.
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I grew parsnips for the first time in the Algarve , Portugal. To my surprise they did amazing well in the heavy clay soil I got and with minimal irrigation. I put them in a mixed veg soup. Yummy is correct!
Visit us at Viverplanta, Olhão, Portugal for plants other than parsnips
I grow parsnips in heavy clay soil. A recent one weighed 1kg and measured 20 inches by 4 inches. The problem is that digging them up in late summer is a nightmare. I did it waith a cold chisel and mallet last time.