[NAFEX] OT parsnips
Naomi
dragon-star at cableone.net
Thu Nov 22 16:57:48 EST 2007
I think he did.
Naomi
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[mailto:nafex-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Karen Tillou
Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 10:30 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] OT parsnips
wow. maybe lon hit it on the head with his excess nitrogen comment.
karen
On Nov 21, 2007, at 11:48 AM, Naomi wrote:
The soil in my garden is sandy loamy. It is highly enriched with chicken,
goat and donkey manure. Carrots in the same row have formed good straight
roots. The turnips in the row are well shaped if a bit enormous.
Naomi
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[mailto:nafex-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Karen Tillou
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 12:18 PM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: [NAFEX] OT parsnips
that's been my experience too - commercial root crops, esp. long ones like
parsnips and carrots, are generally grown in VERY sandy soils, where the
roots stay perfect shape, and heavy amounts of water and fertilizers need to
be added, as the sand doesn't hold on to nutrients the way heavier, clay
soils do. try doing some double digging, using a broadfork to break the
soils up deep down next spring, and adding lots of organic matter (every
year...) to get and keep your soils light enough to grow less-alien roots.
the deeper and fluffier you can get your soil, the better you'll do. don't
hurt your back.
karen tillou
oregon city, OR - zone 8a and wet
On Nov 21, 2007, at 8:20 AM, William C. Garthright wrote:
I am just digging up my first parsnip crop. It looks more like science
fiction than it does like a store parsnip. There is a very broad (8 or 9
inch) crown which is maybe 5 inches deep and then disintegrates into a
twisted mass of roots suitable for late night TV SciFi movies. What
happened?
Um,... aliens? :-)
Sorry, I couldn't resist. I don't know, but I planted carrots this year
(carrots! what was I thinking?) that ended up that way. But this was in
heavy clay soil that hadn't been worked before, and it turned into a
brick in our hot, dry summer. How is your soil there? If it's too hard,
the root might have trouble forming a nice round shape, and just expand
where it finds cracks and crevices.
Just an idea. I've never grown parsnips myself.
Bill
--
In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it
would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples
might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal
time in physics classrooms. - Stephen Jay Gould
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