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A parsnip budding for second season seeding I believe. (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world to c/gardening@lemmy.world
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It’s my understanding that a bunch of root vegetables like carrots, daikons, turnips, parsnips, rutabagas, etc. all grow their first year to store energy for the second years seeding.

Parsnips and turnips/rutabaga iirc say to harvest after a frost or two to sweeten them up, so I missed a bunch.

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[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Not quite. They grow Cilium which help determine how far they can grow. If you grow them in a container, they will only grow as far as the Cillum strands go. If you plant in a shallow container, they won't ever grow as big as you expect grocery store produce to grow.

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Right, I probably didn’t phrase it right, but the first years growing is all storing sugars for the second years flowering and then seeding yeah?

Container depth shouldn’t matter for that?

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