Parsnip Starter Plant — photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Parsnip Starter Plant — photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Vegetable Starters

Parsnip Starter Plant

Live Plant
$7.00
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$7.00
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Set these young cells out early and dig long, sweet, nutty white roots after the first hard frosts, roughly four months from planting.
Pot Size: 4" Pot
Quantity
Parsnip Starter Plant — photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Vegetable Starters

Parsnip Starter Plant

$9.00 $7.00
Pot Size: 4" Pot
Parsnip Starter Plant — photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Vegetable Starters

Parsnip Starter Plant

$9.00 $7.00
Pot Size: 4" Pot
Description

Parsnips are a taproot crop that genuinely resents disturbance, so this is sold as a young multi-seeded cell to be planted out very early and left completely undisturbed; slide the whole plug in without breaking it up and expect a few forked roots as the trade-off for a head start. Direct sowing into deeply worked, stone-free soil is also perfectly fine and often gives the straightest roots. Leave the roots in the ground until several frosts have hit them, because cold converts starch to sugar and is what makes a parsnip worth growing. Shipped in a 4" Pot, well-rooted from our Lineville, Alabama nursery.

Specifications
  • Mature size: 18-30 in tall tops, roots 10-15 in long
  • Grows best: Outdoors - Grown as an annual in all zones
  • Pet safety: Root is non-toxic; foliage sap can cause skin burns in sunlight, so handle tops with gloves
  • Sourcing: Nursery-grown by Wade Greens; ships healthy from our Lineville, Alabama nursery to the lower 48 states.
Care Instructions
  • Light: Full sun
  • Water: Deep and even, 1 in per week
  • Soil: Deeply dug, loose, stone-free sandy loam at least 12 inches deep with no fresh manure.
  • Feeding: Work in a low-nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizer before planting; excess nitrogen causes hairy, forked roots.
Growing Zone

No hardiness rating for this one. It's grown as an indoor plant, so the room it lives in matters more than the zone outside. Keep it above 50°F and out of a cold draft.

Questions & Answers

How big does it get?
18-30 in tall tops, roots 10-15 in long

How much light does it need?
Full sun

Is it safe for pets?
Root is non-toxic; foliage sap can cause skin burns in sunlight, so handle tops with gloves

How is it shipped?
Packed to arrive healthy and shipped from our Alabama nursery to the lower 48 states.

Shipping & Returns

Ships to all 48 contiguous states from our farm in Lineville, Alabama.

What it costs

Based on your order total: $12.95 under $35 · $16.95 to $75 · $21.95 to $125 · free over $125.

Ship days

Mondays and Tuesdays only — see below.

Getting it ready

1–3 business days to pot up, water back and pack.

Where we can't go

Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. territories, P.O. boxes, and outside the United States.

Why we only ship Mondays and Tuesdays

A plant in a dark box is on a clock. Shipping early in the week means it reaches you before the weekend instead of sitting in a warehouse from Friday to Monday. It costs us a day or two of lead time and saves a lot of plants.

Practically: an order placed Wednesday, Thursday, Friday or over the weekend goes out the following Monday. We'd rather tell you that now than let you find it in a tracking number.

How long it takes once it leaves

Typical ground transit from Lineville, Alabama after the ship day. Estimates, not guarantees — weather and carrier backlogs happen.

  • 1–2 days Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kentucky
  • 2–3 days The rest of the Southeast and Midwest, Texas, the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast
  • 3–5 days The Plains, the Mountain West and the West Coast

Tracking is emailed the moment your box is scanned.

If something arrives unhappy

A little leaf drop or travel stress is normal and usually sorts itself out within a week or two of settling in. If a plant arrives genuinely damaged, email support@wadegreens.com within 48 hours of delivery with a photo of the plant and the box, and we'll make it right.

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