Roots & tubers · cool season
Parsnip
Pastinaca sativa
A true Ohio winter vegetable. They need the whole season and taste best after the ground freezes.
- When to plant in Ohio
- Direct sow April as soon as soil can be worked
- Harvest window
- After hard frost in November, or overwinter and dig in March
- Days to maturity
- 110–130
- Spacing
- 3–4 in.
- Light
- Full sun
How to grow it
Use fresh seed every year—old seed germinates poorly. Keep the row moist for 3 weeks. Thin and forget them until November. Mulch so you can still dig in frozen ground, or mark the row and harvest in the first March thaw.
