Channel: Charles Dowding

Category: Howto & Style

Description: No dig sowing and growing is simple and rapid. Harvesting parsnips however, may require a spade, depending on your soil. Parsnips grow best in moist, temperate climates and they can become large, making a significant store of food during the winter. Filmed through 2021 at Homeacres by Edward Dowding freelance filmmaker edowdingfilms.onfabrik.com 00:00 Intro - best time to sow parsnips 00:30 Bed preparation 00:51 Timing of parsnips harvests 01:29 Example of harvesting method 01:43 Reason for planting in rows, and recommended spacing 02:53 Demo of creating a drill for sowing 03:46 The importance of moisture for germination, and when/how to water drills 05:27 Reason for using fleece cover 06:00 Demo of sowing parsnip seeds in the drill 08:05 How to manage any weeds, with a demo of using a hoe 09:36 Re-covering with fleece 09:53 Showing growth 23 days later, then 2 months later 10:43 7 months later, describing conditions and growth 12:10 Demo of harvesting parsnips 16:07 Explanation of canker disease 19:47 Explanation of carrot root fly (on parsnips) Learn more about growing parsnips in my 'From Seed to Harvest' lesson, available from my website: charlesdowding.co.uk/product/from-seed-to-harvest-22-parsnips There are 30 'From Seed to Harvest' lessons available, in which I explain 40 of the most popular vegetables in detail. They can be bought individually: charlesdowding.co.uk/product-category/fsth-individual-lessons ...or as a whole course: charlesdowding.co.uk/product/from-seed-to-harvest-online-course Check out these videos on growing beetroot and onions which show an alternative way to grow vegetables, in contrast to sowing direct. Beetroot: youtu.be/qPVHCh1cDMw Onions: youtu.be/1k0f4GoC6Zw You can join this channel by paying a monthly fee, to support our work with helping gardeners grow better, and to receive monthly videos made only for members: youtube.com/channel/UCB1J6siDdmhwah7q0O2WJBg/join To buy my collections of super informative video garden guides with an encyclopaedic search function, visit Retrieve with whom we partner charlesdowding.retrieve.com/store/#