Parsnip 'Harris Model'
Parsnip 'Harris Model' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Parsnips are an ancient vegetable from Europe. 'Harris Model' has a long, very smooth. tapered root to 30 cm, with a shoulder 8 - 9 cm wide. It is a nutritious root vegetable with a sweet nut-like flavour. Use in soups and stews, steamed or baked. The roots become sweeter after exposure to frost. Seed has only a short viability so should not be stored for long.
Product: Parsnip 'Harris Model'
Product type: SEED ()
Botanical name: Pastinaca sativa
Parsnips are an ancient vegetable from Europe. 'Harris Model' has a long, very smooth. tapered root to 30 cm, with a shoulder 8 - 9 cm wide. It is a nutritious root vegetable with a sweet nut-like flavour. Use in soups and stews, steamed or baked. The roots become sweeter after exposure to frost. Seed has only a short viability so should not be stored for long.
Plant type: Cool season annual
Plant height: 45 cm
Sow when: Germinate best at 10 - 20°C soil temp
Temperate: Late winter to early autumn
Subtropical: May - June
Inland: April - October
Tropical: Unlikely to do well
Germination: 14 - 28 days; keep the soil constantly moist for good germination
Depth: 6 mm deep
Position: Full sun
Sow where: Sow direct
Soil type: Friable, deeply dug, well-drained sandy soil, pH 6 - 7; avoid fresh animal manure, it causes forking; mulch well
Rows: 30 - 40 cm apart
Details: Parsnips will yield heavily in well prepared soil
Harvest: 110 - 130 days.