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A parsnip budding for second season seeding I believe. (lemmynsfw.com)
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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

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?