Leeks and Parsnips

You are right John, I manured it in the spring.

Although the pic is one I found on t'internet.

I just hoed them over, hope that's correct.

The problem is keeping my keen eyed toddler away from them, who usually spots them before we do! He seems to think they're dandelion clocks!

 

Hey Victoria,

Thought they may have been a coprinus (ink cap) variety & yes they look like fairies bonnets, although i was guessing magpie mushrooms (another coprinus)

No threat to you or your offspring unless you eat them with alcohol or strong tea or coffee, then you might get a bit of reddening of the face & a bit tight in the chest.

I know this from personal experience of coprinus species :dh::flag:

 

Trouble with using them as dandelion clocks is that the time you blow them all over its about 68 O'clock.

 

Hey Ziggy have you tried boiling until soft then mash them in their boiling fluid then add them to fresh mash with a bit of honey. Oh man, made some for the guys i support a few weeks ago they nearly didn't get any as i wanted it all. Thinking about growing Parsnips next year wot varitiy is best?

 

Sounds good, didn't look at the variety, when you're skint you just look at the price on the back of the packet.:tnp:

 

Will make wine down sisters place to stop evil mrs drinking it all before its ready.

How many do you support then FT ?

 

Got a house with 7 clients all young adults with learning dis and autism. Garden was an escape idea

 

Excellent idea, gardening is good therapy for you and your charges.

Nothing like eating a meal that you've grown yourself.

Just had a look where Ipswitch is, you're not too far from the sea, a bit of sea fishing is good too, even if its just a bit of crabbing, just a thought.

 

I'm hoping the nice healthy foliage is a good sign! Presumeably they will be ok if left until christmas to pull up? I sowed them in late June. They are about a foot high now, if not a bit bigger.

I will just keep my fingers crossed for the leeks then - they are about the same size in wifth as your Mussleburgs Kristen.

 

Hi Kush & welcome to the forums.

Yep parsnips will keep in the ground fine, they will draw sugars from the foliage into the roots as they store up their energy for seed production next year, they don't know you're going to eat them before that :tnp:

You can draw a little soil away from them to check how big the sholders are.

 

My paramilitary foliage has all flopped over in the cold and looks like it's dying back.

Is that ok?

 

My paramilitary foliage has all flopped over in the cold and looks like it's dying back.

Is that ok?

 

Hi Victoria,

Everthing has flumped in this weather. It'll pick up again when it gets above freezing.

Think i've lost one of my globe artichokes though, its not looking happy. I'd piled leaves around both for protection, but the wind has had them away.

 

Interested in these comments on Leeks and parsnips
.Although I have been gardening many many years I have always been a flower man .. Now on retirement I have got an allotment and need guidance .. I Started late and my Parsnips took ages to germinate then the drought set in .. No water on site so they struggled. When the rain came they perked up, and I have had some reasonable parsnips but a lot were small and they had forked .I sowed mine direct (as I recall my Dad doing years ago) is it better to sow in units then plant out later,plus when would be a good time to sow ..?
My leeks have been good so happy with those ..

Dave