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The way grandad grew enormous parsnips.
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Posted by gandle 4 NE (My Page) on Tue, Mar 23, 04 at 20:04
| He took a crowbar and pounded it in the ground leaving just enough of the curved end to act as a handle. He then worked it around and around til he had a cone shaped hole with the top about 5 inches across and the depth a little over 2'. He filled the holes with compost and planted several parsnip seeds in them . He later thinned out to one plant per hole. I don't believe he used any extra fertilizer except perhaps some aged chicken manure but this has been over 70 years ago. He often took first place at the Marshall co. fair in northern Kansas. He only did this with 3 or 4 parsnips. Once in a while the root would fill the entire hole making a mammoth vegetable. Don't think we ever ate them but the memory of that isn't too exact. Do remember that first place at the fair earned him 50 cents. You would think that that might work on carrots too but I haven't tried |
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RE: The way grandad grew enormous parsnips.
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| Wow !!! I love parsnips so will need to try his method. That really should work! Where I live, we leave the parnsips in the ground over Winter and harvest in the Spring. |
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