forked parsnips

Annie · « **on:** October 21, 2007, 13:09 »

After the frost i dug up our first parsnips,they look like small fists with numerous tenticles.They are in the same bed as th carrots which have been uniformly straight.They`re in a raised bed which had sand dug into it before planting,no manure,peas there last year.Any ideas?

WG. · « **Reply #1 on:** October 21, 2007, 13:38 »

When were they planted please?

Fenland Girl · « **Reply #2 on:** October 21, 2007, 15:14 »

My parnips are huge and straight but my carrots were pretty puny and almost all forked - grown next to each other! This has happened before - our soil is very heavy clay so I planted stump rooted carrots this year but it still happened. Am now building a raised bed for next year!

muntjac · « **Reply #3 on:** October 21, 2007, 15:50 »

see munty tip ,on carrot beds

Annie · « **Reply #4 on:** October 21, 2007, 16:50 »

Planted on 14 april,gladiator,fresh seed.

shaun · « **Reply #5 on:** October 22, 2007, 20:18 »

double dig and rotavate annie,or like munty says grow on ridges.

WG. · « **Reply #6 on:** October 22, 2007, 21:28 »

Quote from: "Annie"

Planted on 14 april,gladiator,fresh seed.

Reason for asking is that I have a theory; parsnips fork when water is plentiful - but are straighter when they have to get down deeper/quicker for water.

April was very dry and unseasonably warm so, unless you have heavy soil Annie, you may just have shot my theory to bits. Are they all badly forked - might it just be stones?

GrannieAnnie · « **Reply #7 on:** October 22, 2007, 23:06 »

Good theory WG., but what about like mine, all planted same time, all watered the same, no stones, no fresh manure, but some are long and straight and some are forked and all in the same row. And I thinned them, unlike the carrots!!!!!

WG. · « **Reply #8 on:** October 22, 2007, 23:08 »

I could simply delete your post GA

GrannieAnnie · « **Reply #9 on:** October 22, 2007, 23:17 »

You could do WG.!!!!!!! But that wouldn't answer the question that you would know I'd asked, even if you couldn't see it anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Annie · « **Reply #10 on:** October 23, 2007, 10:25 »

Ours look like grannies but due to rubbish germination are not crowded and needed little thinning,they tasted nice thoygh.

Sadgit · « **Reply #11 on:** October 23, 2007, 10:31 »

Quote from: "shaun"

double dig and rotavate annie,or like munty says grow on ridges.

can I double dig using a rotovator? as I really never have time to double dig the plot.. At the mo I am covering 80% of the plot in manure then going to rotovator it in 2 or 3 times at different depths.. ok or not?

muntjac · « **Reply #12 on:** October 23, 2007, 10:58 »

Quote from: "Sadgit"

Quote from: "shaun"
double dig and rotavate annie,or like munty says grow on ridges.

can I double dig using a rotovator? as I really never have time to double dig the plot.. At the mo I am covering 80% of the plot in manure then going to rotovator it in 2 or 3 times at different depths.. ok or not?

go for it raise the tiller bar right up .chew the soil deep ,then manure n then redig deep then go shallower to bury the rest

" werks for me "

muntjac · « **Reply #13 on:** October 23, 2007, 10:59 »

pixies did it nana

Annie · « **Reply #14 on:** October 23, 2007, 11:17 »

A rotavator would be tricky in raised beds!Also this bed was well dug to incorpor ate the sand and add compost anyway why were the carrots fine.
Not quite shot your theory out of the water WG,when did the rain start?As I said these were slow to germinate..

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