On 05/10/2010 13:00, Janet wrote:
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Why have potatoes replaced parsnips as a staple?
Parsnips seem to have all the advantages.
Maybe there are commercial factors?

Plant one parsnip seed and you get one parsnip plant.

Plant one seed potato and you get a big bucket of potatoes.


Plant one parsnip seed and wait and wait and wait and get one parsnip
seedling and 50 weed seedlings swamping it.

I like parsnips but find them a pain to grow. The only semi-reliable way
I've found is to germinate and grow them first in pots in potting
compost to the size of seedlings and transplant them out. Unfortunately
this leads but badly forked parsnips, but better than none. They are
nice roasted though, so worth growing.

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David in Normandy.
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