"Hollow Crown" Parsnip
$3.95
105 days to maturity
250 seeds per packet
Quantity:
Pastinaca sativa
Mid 1800s heirloom variety. Thick wedge-like creamy white tap roots. Allow this variety to experience several hard frosts to really sweeten up. Roasted parsnips are one of our favorite candy-sweet treats in the dark half of the year. An excellent winter keeper.
Growing Instructions:
Sow seeds as soon as soil can be worked in very early spring.
Sow 1 1/2 inches apart. Thin to 3 inches apart.
Space rows 12 inches apart.
Plant an annual legume cover crop in the fall to prepare the bed. Mix in a good compost and a sprinkle of wood ash at time of sowing.
Harvest:
Harvest after some heavy frosts for full flavor, or they can be left in place for spring harvest.