Parsnip 'Hollow Crown'
Parsnip 'Hollow Crown' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Hollow Crown' has a long tapered root to 30 cm, with a shoulder 5 - 8 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. Days to harvest: 105.
Product: Parsnip 'Hollow Crown'
Product type: SEED (100)
Botanical name: Pastinaca sativa
Parsnips have been cultivated in Europe for over 500 years. 'Hollow Crown' has a long tapered root to 30 cm, with a shoulder 5 - 8 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
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: 120 days
100 seeds per packet
Pastinaca sativa
Cool season annual
Parsnip 'Hollow Crown'
Hollow Crown' has a long tapered root to 30 cm, with a shoulder 5 - 8 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. Days to harvest: 105.