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Hi Charles,
Is it too late now to sow Carrots (Rothild) and Parsnips (Javelin F1).
Weather here been awful lately – Grass Frost two nights running this week!
I normally sow the Carrots on June Bank Holiday weekend to avoid the C/fly and the Parsnips in mid May but it was far too bad to do so this year.
However looks like weather is finally set to heat up now.Don.
Its still possible but parsnips will need some soil moistening unless it remembers to rain. Good time to sow carrots for winter!
Yes the weather has been stranger than usual and I don’t envy you the frosts. Here the wind is bad!Yes sow today!
Slasher; First time I have put Carrot & Parsnip seed in no dig, both are doing well .
I will have to thin the carrots out next week. This is my first season of no dig and I am really
enjoying it. Every thing I have planted is looking great. I had a problem with my onions but
after watching a video I cut the leaves down to 8 inches from the muck, they are looking
great after a week ,you can cut them again in a couple of weeks to 10 inches and them leave
them .It is supposed to fatten the bulbs .Watch this space for the results.Hello Slasher, interesting info to say the least! What problem was it with your onions that led to such a pruning?
Great that your crops are looking good.Slasher. A few had leaves like pigs tails ,sow rather than try picking them out I cut them all back. I had seen this video on ytube about onions ,he had a problem with the wind .He had seen this video about cutting the leaves down to keep them looking tidy. He could weed better to ,he said his onions benefitted at the end of the season which is all that matters.
Onions are looking good , leaves have really took off and ready for the final trim down to 10ins.
I will tell you how they finish up at the end of the season.
Just cleared my broad beans and they are in the freezer, I spread 2ins of compost and started
planting my leeks . I lifted a collie and a cabbage still no sign of club root . I am really pleased I
started NO DIG so is my back thanks CHARLES.Thanks for the feedback Slasher and I am happy for your back! And for your onions. As for clubroot I have never suffered it, have no idea if no dig helps, may reduce its spreading around at least.
That’s the only reason that I can think of .The soil is not being disturbed so the spores lie dormant.
Maybe I should not mention that I’ve harvested a couple of parsnips sown at the end of march, both typical carrot size. Nice too. First time I’ve grown them, and they did well. I guess no-one grows them as a summer/autumn crop? Presumably the appeal is as winter nosh. I’m leaving the rest.
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