I hate having to thin things out, even tho I know it benefits the remainder by being able to grow better and bigger. Add this to the fact that I LOVE parsnips and having only got 1 from 7 packets last year and all of them coming up this year, I have been loathe to thin them out too much. Now I have a problem, see below!
I have been spending the last week transplanting them to another bed cos I still can bring myself to throw any away - obsessed or what???
Its too difficult!! I think its because i plant seeds thinking 'i'll put a few extra in in case they don't all grow' and then i get surprised when they all do, then it seems like a waste of the hard work put in by that little seed to throw it away!!
Oi Chadspad, I've got your last year's problem! Only three germinated from a 4 metre long row. Never mind I have enough in the freezer to last a good long time!
chadspad wrote:M3 - I soaked all my seeds first except for one line - they didnt come up at all but all the others have - it definitely worked!
Hmmm interesting, I thought it was because April was too warm but perhaps it is more that April was too DRY.... although I did water them a lot but maybe that wasn't enough. April is usually pretty wet.
Ho well I should get out there now and sow some more because it is very soggy here now!
Possum - have built walls, paths & raised beds. My house and all the outbuildings are constructed of limestone. If u have some other ideas share them pls.
Well raised beds were one for us, another because our limestone split into flat-ish pieces was to turn them on end and use them as edging, also the smaller stuff we dug out we collected to one side and used as gravel, another lot was put as harcore base for putting a shed on, some was put on the tops of pots to reduce evapouration
I also had the idea of building a limestone folly in the corner of the garden as well.
I'll try and think how else we used it.
We now have the a similar problem with huge amounts of volcanic dark grey stone
I have been desperately trying to thin out and replant my parsnips but most arent taking. If I didnt thin them would they not grow very big or would some grow but others not? I just cant throw them away - it seems such a waste!