I put down a bunch of parsnip seeds in fall of 2024. I ate a number of them last year, but didn't get through them all. I also planted a new crop last spring. I didn't use all of the ones from my first crop, and the ones that hadn't yet bolted I let overwinter a second year. The ones that are left now will likely bolt soon.
I also want to use that space, so I started pulling them today. They are huge, and were really difficult to get out of the ground. They're also really tough, and not suited to eating either. I should have saved myself the trouble and picked them last fall.
by atmoose
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Extra PSA here. Protect your skin while pruning/picking parsnips and their seeds. One time I let parsnips go to seed. By the end of the year they had grown to several feet. On a nice sunny fall day I went out cleaning up the garden for winter and it was so pleasant I was In shorts and no shirt. Everywhere the parsnip foliage scratched my skin reacted to the sunshine. Phytophotodermatitis is no joke. Welts n boils ensued.