Vegetable Description: Hamburg Rooted parsley has a slightly different use than other varieties! This old fashioned variety produces fleshy parsnip-like roots up to 10 inches long that are cooked as a vegetable! Dark green leaves may be used like ordinary parsley and are great for salads! Roots mature in 85-95 days. Attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds! 

Vegetable Botanical Name: Petroselinum crispum var. tuberosum

Other Common Names: Hamburg Parsley, Turnip-rooted Parsley 

Vegetable Duration: Biennial

Vegetable Days to Maturity: 90

Vegetable Seeds Per Oz: 28100

Vegetable Height: 12” to 18”

Vegetable Spacing: 2” to 4”

Vegetable Planting: Direct sow outside in early spring. Can be fall planted. Plant about 2” apart and 1/4“ below soil surface. Can sow closer, then thin later. Rows should be spaced at 12”-18” apart.

Vegetable Seed Saving: Allow seed heads to dry on plants; then remove heads, break them open, and collect seeds. Clean and dry the seeds before storage in cool dry conditions.