🌱 Sowing & planting
- Sowing depth: 1.25 cm (loosen the soil well for straight roots)
- Sowing distance: 35 cm between rows and 15 cm between plants
- Germination: 16 °C, 14-21 days
- Planting distance: parsnips are sown, not planted
- Plant out as: parsnips are sown, not planted
- Growth cycle: approx. 125 days
📅 Growing times throughout the year
- Normal cultivation: sow outdoors mid-April-mid-May; harvest late September to March.
- Early cultivation: sow outdoors mid-February–mid-April; harvest June–early August.
- Autumn cultivation: sow outdoors in July; harvest late December-March.
Start cultivation (sowing)
Harvesting
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Normal cultivation (outdoors)
Early cultivation (outdoors)
Autumn cultivation (outdoors)
🏠 Inside
🪟 Greenhouse / conservatory
Outside
🌿 Popular breeds
📘 Basic information
- Crop group: Root crop
- Crop family: Apiaceae family
- Height: 15-45 cm
- Growth cycle: approx. 125 days
- Frost resistant: yes
- Root system: 60-90 cm
- Preferred soil: pH 6.0-6.5
- Fertilization: basic cultivation with compost
🌞💧 Pitch & water
Location: ☀️ moderate sun
Watering: 💧💧 water moderately
🤝 Good & Bad Neighbors
Good neighbors
Bad neighbors
- Anise
- Coal
- Turnip
❗ Dangers & Concerns
- Susceptible to carrot fly.
🧺 Harvesting & storing
Use a pitchfork or spade to completely remove the parsnip from the ground. Dig deep enough so the roots don't break.
Parsnips break easily, so work carefully when lifting the roots.
🍽️ Nutritional value
Per 100 g parsnips (cooked, without salt):
- 71 kcal
- 0 g fat
- 17 g carbohydrates
- 1 g protein
- 4 g fiber
- 5 g sugar
- Vitamins: C
- Other: potassium, folic acid and manganese
