Best time to plant parsnip in Adelaide
Pastinaca sativa
Sow parsnip in Adelaide in Jul to Mar.
The parsnip is a relative of carrot and parsley, grown for its long, cream-coloured taproot. It is a biennial usually treated as an annual, and the root turns sweeter once winter frosts have passed. Left until its second season, the plant flowers and the root becomes inedible.
When to sow in Adelaide
Adelaide, SA is in the temperate zone. Its months for parsnip apply here without a frost adjustment.
Matches local guides.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Adelaide
Frost usually arrives in Adelaide around mid July and finishes by late July. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as early June or as late as early August, so frost-tender crops are planned around those dates.
From its Bureau of Meteorology station, 1991 to 2020, counting a night at 2°C or lower as a frost. Frost hollows and hillsides can shift these dates by weeks, so ask the growers at your garden too.
On a shared plot: suits a plot
Finishes in a season and stays within its space, so it suits most plots.
Growing details
- How to start
- Sow directly in the bed
- Sowing depth
- 12mm
- Plant spacing
- 20cm
- Row spacing
- 60cm
- Height
- 30cm
- Germination
- About 21 days
- Time to harvest
- 110 days from sowing
- Frost
- Semi-hardy, protect from hard frost
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- biennial, usually grown as an annual
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.