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"David Hare-Scott" wrote:

Billy wrote:

A parsnip from last year, that was overlooked, due to a rampaging
raccoon, who also took out the majority of the carrots, is 5 feet
tall, 1 foot shorter than my tallest sunflower. Is this normal?

It's pretty big, mostly they are about 3-4ft tall at flowering here. OTOH
sunflowers can reach 8ft

I double checked this afternoon, and the parsnip is at least 5'6"
(1.7M). The sunflower is at least 6'6" (1.98M) and towering over the
potatoes at 5' (1.5M).

I think I'll wait for its florescence. The other parsnips That have
survived are in the 3'-4' range, maybe 7 in total.

Thank you.
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