Carrots had good germination and our thinning improved from last year, but could still be better. Cover with remay after seeding. Second planting was a bit early. Third planting was best managed. All basic varieties did well: Sugarsnax, Yaya, Dolciva, Cosmic Purple, and Yellowstone. Consider replacing Yaya with slightly larger Bolero. Don’t plant Dolciva in last planting because of days to harvest.
Celery did well again this year. Used boards along outside of rows to blanche (rather than wrapping individual plants). Unfortunately, critters dug between plants and leek bed at end of the season.
Parsnips had terrible germination again. Seeded three times and still only had a meager showing. Late planting also meant we had very few parsnips to harvest in fall and a very few to leave for spring. Consider returning to pelleted seed or seed tape and cover with remay.
