Podzimnius sowing of parsnip
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Pasternak: we are sowing right now
Since parsnip grows for a very long time (depending on the variety, from 100 to 150 days), its seeds are sown before winter. Shoots of this cold-resistant plant appear in early spring, and they have more time to form a crop.
1. As with other winter crops, it is important not to rush into sowing, otherwise, if seedlings appear before the onset of frost, do not wait for root crops from them - they all go into bloom. Therefore, the seeds (dry!) Sow in a pre-prepared bed on frozen soil.
2. I choose a sunny place, because even in partial shade the parsnip will lose in the crop. Immediately after harvesting the predecessor, I select weeds, dig a platform on the bayonet of a shovel - the root crops of elongated conical varieties grow deep in the ground, so that it should be loose. The garden around the perimeter, so as not to crumble, can be fenced with boards.
Parsnip is the most cold-resistant root crop: its shoots tolerate frosts to -5 degrees, and adult plants - up to -8 degrees.
3. For digging, I make fertilizers: 2-3 kg of compost or humus and 1 tablespoon each. phosphorus-potash fertilizers per 1 sq.m. Be sure to add and 1 tbsp. ashes - useful for top dressing, and for acidic soil in my garden.
4. Since the leaves of the parsnip are sprawling, I sow seeds sparsely (5 × 30-35 cm), to a depth of 2 cm. True, due to the fact that it has weak seedlings, I can sow seeds of the lighthouse culture in some places in a row : lettuce, spinach or radish - they are also suitable for winter sowing.
See also: Pasternak (photo) - cultivation and useful properties
Cleaning and storage of parsnip
I remove parsnips after all the roots, when leaves start to die. In dry weather I dig up root crops with pitchforks. I cut off the tops, I put them under a canopy, I sprayed with infusion of onion husks and dried. I store root crops in a cellar in cardboard boxes, pouring in moist sand. Usually parsnips carcass, like potatoes, with onions, add cabbage soup, salads, but in no case in seaming: they often burst with parsnip.
On the seeds
I tried to leave the parsnip wintering right in the garden - it worked. Hooked up sprinkled with a layer of litter and spruce branches, and in the spring, before the growth of leaves, I dug up juicy root crops.
A couple of plants left in the ground to get the seeds. They blossomed around June. The first seeds appeared a month later, but as they ripened unevenly, they collected them selectively so that they would not crumble. By the way, in a well-fertilized garden seedlings give out a rather magnificent bush in the summer, which is not always convenient for neighboring vegetables. Therefore, the root crops, from which you want to get seeds, can be transplanted to a place convenient for you during autumn harvesting, where they will not disturb anyone in the new season.
See also: How to dry vegetables: tomatoes, cabbage, roots (parsley, celery and parsnip)
Benefits of parsnip
For the treatment of diseases of the cardiovascular system and gastrointestinal tract 2 st.l. dry crushed leaves of parsnip I pour 200 ml of hot water, boil 15 minutes, I insist night. Two or three weeks I drink on an empty stomach on 2 st.l.
Regular addition of parsnip to the diet stimulates cell renewal and growth, reduces blood sugar and “bad” cholesterol.
This plant is useful for asthmatics, hypertensive people, people suffering from asthenia, the problem of liver and kidneys. Pasternak improves digestion, clears the body of toxins and toxins.
© Authors: Anastasia TYUMENTSEVA, Maria BIBANINA
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From year to year I am asked the same question: why do I dig up parsnips so late?
And I explain to everyone that parsnip is a culture that needs to survive a couple of first frosts, then the root crop will be juicier and sweeter. I wait for these frosts until October.
A third of root crops leave me to spend the winter in the ground in the garden. With them, nothing will happen in the winter. With the same root crops that I put in the pit, things are more complicated. Whatever I do, by the spring the parsnip begins to flobble. I selected a box for it, filled it with earth, buried root crops in it, but still they dry up by spring. So, while I can not find a super-way to keep the parsnips strong until the spring, I'll have to eat it before the New Year.
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Parsnip is a storehouse of useful substances and organic compounds used for medicinal purposes (for example, with heart and lung diseases). And as a spice it is added to soups and stewed to meat dishes. Personally, I dry root crops and use them as a seasoning for the first and second courses.
But the main thing is a non-capricious and winter-hardy plant. I personally spend landing both in winter and in spring - it all depends on free time.
I take root crops late, in late September - early October, guided by the weather. I’ve been growing parsnips for three years now. It grows well.
I’ll better share my failures and describe the last landing that I spent on a raised (with the help of sawdust rotten for two years) bed. In general, on October 7, he planted seeds, and one root crop - on seeds.
Spring came, the root began to grow, leaves appeared, and seedlings all are not present and no. Well, everything happens, all right.
But since I have a small plot and wasteland on it is an inadmissible luxury, I decided to plant potatoes that had not sprouted parsnip. It was June 9th. And in the midst of these planting work, I suddenly discovered seedlings of parsnip.
Why so late, I think?
I looked into the literature to refresh my memory and found out that parsnip sprouts during spring planting appear on the 10-20th day, and in adverse weather conditions - on the 25-30th at a temperature of 5-6 ° (although the optimum is 16-18 °) .
But I have an autumn landing, and the delay is too much. Miracles, in short.
But the root crop from the heart gave seeds, since the summer was warm.
But even here I gave a blunder: I delayed with cleaning, which led to abundant self-seeding (a visual confirmation of the quality of seeds). The next year, these sprouted seeds also gave root crops, but not enough - that's how I robbed myself.
But after normal farming, parsnip grows without any problems. For example, neither in the rainy summer 2015 year, nor in the heat 2016-th problem with him was not. I have never met any diseases or pests on him.
Such an abundance of seeds to me to anything, so I offer them to everyone who wants for free.
Victor Gavrilovich SHPAKOV
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I want to grow parsnips, I heard that its leaves and stems contain some kind of toxic substance that in the sun, when it gets on the skin, causes reddening and itching, sometimes even blisters. It's true?
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- In his dacha area for several years growing parsnips and this phenomenon is not observed. Especially in the literature there are recommendations on the use of young leaves of parsnip in salads and garnishes. So do not be afraid to grow this vegetable.
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I grow parsnip almost every year. Therefore, I know firsthand that his seeds are very capricious: they quickly lose their germination. So, if you collected your seeds in the fall, you must sow them in the spring. And that the parsnip gave the seeds, just leave a couple of root crops to winter in the ground. Next year they will release the flower arrows, which by the end of summer form seeds. I do just that.