parsnips

[buckey]

Never planted parsnips before, so I tried some this past summer. Man, did they grow, long story short dug some last week, The ones we could use were as sweet as can be, but most were shaped like stub footballs, top half was up to 4 inches across and woody. NEED SOME HELP, HAVE NO CLUE WHAT I'M DOING............................. TX.   Buckey

[AtlLaw]

Good luck!  The boys around here that even know what parsnips are don't think they are fit for human consumption!     Heck, didn't you see the thread on rutabagas/turnips?  Or was that in the cooking forum?   

I dunno, feed 'em to the cows... they ain't fit fer human consumption... 

 

[buckey]

If the inlaws angus get any where near them damn parsnips all hell gona come toooooooo a stand still, By the way the ones they dug were as sweet as any they ever have had, just look a little funny. Need to do a better job of growing them.

[bearmgc]

Though I've never planted parsnips, but do plant beets and carrots, I'll wager a guess. Possibly planted them too close together, or ground needs more additives to break it up, like compost, soil pep.

[JBlk]

I don't know why your parsnips are woody  but I would suspect that it has something due to the weather conditions they were grown under.I usually plant hallow crown and they always turn out good.Once I never got around to digging them in the fall and they laid in the ground over winter.The next spring they greened right up and when I waded through the mud to pull them they were huge and very sweet to eat.Your woody parsnips will still make good wine so all isnot lost.