Parsnip Gladiator F1 Seeds
An award-winning favourite for superb flavour and plentiful crops
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Just £3.99
Key Features
RHS Garden Merit
Plant In Sunshine
Edible
Easy To Grow
Width: 30cm
Height: 45cm
Height: 45cm
- Top-quality, reliable heavy cropper with large, wedge-shaped, deliciously sweet roots.
- Smooth skin and crisp white flesh –easy to clean and minimal peeling.
- Matures early and keeps well over winter in the ground to lift as required for the kitchen.
- Nutritious and low calorie – a great source of vitamins, minerals and fibre.
- Supplied as a packet of 200 (approx.) seeds ready to sow outdoors directly into their cropping position.
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Description
A long-established favourite of the vegetable garden, ‘Gladiator F1’ is a top-quality variety that produces long, wedge-shaped roots with smooth skin and clean white flesh, so they are easy to wash and require minimum peeling.
This winner of the RHS Award of Garden Merit is winter hardy, canker resistant and a reliably heavy cropper that matures early, so can be lifted from October. They keep well in the ground to harvest over the growing season as required for the kitchen. Indeed, their fabulously sweet flavour is even better after the first frosts, which turn some of the starch into sugar.
As well as being delicious, they are nutritious too, being a good source of vitamin C, folate, potassium and fibre, as well as low in calories.
Easy to grow, parsnips prefer a light sandy, fertile soil that has been well worked and deeply dug so is free of stones, as this will ensure full sized, well-shaped roots of exhibition quality. Try growing faster cropping vegetables such as radish and lettuce in between parsnip rows to maximise the productivity of your plot.
Supplied as a packet of 200 (approx.) seeds ready to sow outdoors from February to May, 40cm (16in) apart, directly into their cropping position. Harvest from October to February.
Top Tips
- Soak the seeds in lukewarm water for a couple of hours before sowing to encourage faster germination.
- Water in dry conditions to maintain moisture in the roots and avoid them forking.
Care Information
How to grow Parsnip
- Sow outdoors thinly, February to May, in a sunny, open position where they are to crop, 1.5cm (˝in) deep, directly into finely prepared soil that has already been watered. Allow 40cm (16in) between rows. Early sowings may benefit from cloche protection. Seedlings usually appear in 14-32 days. Thin plants to 20cm (8in) apart. Replace any dislodged soil. Water well until plants are established. Leave roots in the ground until required, as they improve in flavour after exposure to autumn frosts.
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Delivery Information
Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. Pre-ordered items will be sent as soon as possible after the date quoted and we'll generally ship your entire order with your pre-ordered items. When your order is dispatched, we'll send you another email with details of how to track it.
Most orders are sent on a fully-tracked courier service with Yodel. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, no signature is required, and our courier is asked to leave your order in a safe place on your property.
We'll send a tracking link when we dispatch your order, so you know when its due to arrive. Please note, once delivered we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your property. If you have any specific delivery instructions, please let us know - there's an option to enter a short message for the courier at the checkout.
Smaller, lighter, single-item orders may be sent through the post with Royal Mail - in which case no tracking is available.
Our experienced nursery team will always send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive when you plant them, so although most plants are very tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme frosts or heatwaves, we avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme weather is forecast, or over Bank Holiday weekends.
Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.
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