Can I grow Parsnips in a garden with manure on it?
All plants need some type of plant food (manure being one of the best I personally have found) so parsnips also need feeding. The important thing is that parsnips and carrots need very fine tilth inwhich to put down good healthy long roots. If they strike a hard clump of anything they are likely to split and the root will grow crooked as it goes around the object in the way. Some people go to the trouble of making a deep trench, then sieving the soil mixed with the manure back into the trench, then waiting about a week for it to ‘settle down’ before planting the parsnip or carrot seeds. When planting parsnips, to get a good ‘strike’ I cover the planted seeds with a wooden plank for about two weeks, but check daily after a week, and leave the wooden plank over them until they start to show movement. Parsnips can take a fairly long time to germinate and do best if planted three to four days after a full moon. Don’t plant them in the week before a full moon or they will not grow well, and
