Saving Parsnip Seed
This blog post has been over 18 months in the making! Parsnips are a biannual plant so to they only flower and set seed in their second year of growing. Last year I grew a good batch of parsnips which we ate all winter, but I saved the best ones to grow on for seed. In march I sorted through them and planted them in a new bed. Parsnips selected. Not the most perfect but they're all a good size. Laid out ready to plant They grew all summer, reaching a height of over 6ft with no care from me whats so ever! The green flowers at the back are the parsnip ones. Flowers as tall as me, if not more (6ft) I once the flowers had set and the seeds formed the plants started to dry off. I picked a sunny day and harvested all the flower heads, with stalks still attached, and hung them up in the shed to dry out fully. Parsnip seed heads harvested and hung in the shed to dry out fully Then a month later it was a a lovely sunny afternoon so I decided it was