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Thought I'd give you a brief glimpse of the sordid Soilman reality, rather than the carefully posed pictures.
My parsnips took seven weeks to emerge – a new record. Here they are, thinned and ready... but smothered in weeds. A day or two more in this weather and they'll be swamped. Just haven't had time to sort them out.
Suppose I should be grateful they germinated at all. Instead, I'm kicking myself for being a neglectful allotmenteer.
7 weeks. Why do we grow them...? I have another 6 weeks to wait for mine (if at all).
Posted by: Cat | May 09, 2008 at 06:17 PM
I was going to sow them tomorrow - don't know if I'll bother now !!!
Posted by: Welsh Girls Allotment | May 11, 2008 at 12:00 AM
7 weeks??!! I was geting desperate with 2 weeks. Does that mean I will have to wait for another 5 weeks?
Posted by: gintoino | May 14, 2008 at 07:03 PM
Probably not, Gintoino, but they DO take an astounding time to get their act together and grow. Give it at least five weeks from sowing before you give up on them...
Posted by: Soilman | May 15, 2008 at 07:47 AM
Thank God I read this - I was also just about to give up on mine after 3 weeks. My first year on an allotment - learning all the time.....
Dave
Posted by: dave harte | May 15, 2008 at 08:53 PM