Vegetable Planting Calendar
Parsnips
- Approximate planting per person per year, fresh, 10 to 15 feet
- 0.5 ounce of seeds for 100 feet of row
- Minimum row space if hand cultivated, 24 inches
- Minimum row space if using field implements, 42 inches
- 3 inches between plants in row
- Plant 0.5 inch deep
- 150 days from planting to eating stage
- 0 international units of vitamin A per 100 gram sample
- 12 milligrams of vitamin C per 100 gram sample
- Recommended varieties
- All America
Large, tapered roots
- Hollow Crown
Seed slow to germinate
- Recommended planting dates
- South Missouri
March 20 to April 10
- Central Missouri
April 1 to 20
- North Missouri
April 10 to 20
G6201, revised April 2000
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