Fothergill's Parsnip Javelin F1 Seeds

Details:

• Botanical Name: Pastinaca sativa, a superior and highly productive British-bred hybrid parsnip.
• Long Slender Roots: Developed to produce highly uniform, beautifully tapered, and slender roots wrapped in an attractive, clean cream skin.
• Fantastic Roasted Flavour: Features a rich, sweet flavor and a fine texture that caramelizes beautifully when roasted, fried, or dropped whole into slow-cooked winter stews.
• Advanced Canker Resistance: Offers superb natural tolerance to parsnip canker, keeping the smooth skin healthy, clean, and unblemished in the soil.
• Exceptional Winter Hardiness: Fully winter-hardy; stands comfortably in freezing ground through the winter months, allowing you to pull them fresh as needed.
• Nutrient-Rich Allotment Crop: A highly productive and rewarding vegetable garden choice that provides an excellent homegrown source of vitamin C and folate.

Care Instructions:

• Sow seeds directly outdoors from late winter through to late spring in shallow drills 1.5cm deep, using deeply dug, stone-free soil to encourage straight root development.
• Space rows roughly 30cm apart, keeping the seedbed consistently moist while waiting for germination, which can naturally take a few weeks.
• Thin out the emerging seedlings to a final spacing of 10cm to 15cm apart, and leave the mature roots in the ground until after the first autumn frosts to maximize their natural sugars.