Parsnips have their secrets | Otago Daily Times Online News
Oct 21, 2016·Parsnip seed is best bought fresh each season. In one of my old garden diaries, I’ve recorded sowing parsnips and there’s a subsequent note "failed to germinate". With hindsight, I can’t blame the seed but myself for putting them in on October 1 in a year when spring temperatures were low until well into November.