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Parsnip
Pastinaca sativa
EdibleZones 3–9root
At a glance
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Water need
- Medium
- Mature height
- 0.5 m
- Maintenance
- Low
- Hardiness
- USDA 3–9
- Layers
- root
Functional roles
food
Propagation
How to make more of this plant for free — the permaculture way.
seedmoderate
When: Sow February to April with fresh seed
In the kitchen garden
- Sow (months)
- 2, 3, 4
- Harvest (months)
- 10, 11, 12, 1, 2
- Spacing
- 0.15 m
- Family
- apiaceae
- Frost
- Hardy
Holds the bed the whole year, which matters when you're planning succession. Use fresh seed every season — old parsnip seed barely germinates.
Where to get it
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Seed data pending expert review. Identification photo and description are sourced from Wikipedia/Wikimedia; always confirm a plant in person before eating any part of it.