For the first time ever this year my parsnips have taken a funny turn... they germinated well enough, then when still small just stopped growing, and the leaves shrivelled away... Just dug out a few mini-parsnips, not even worth bohering to clean. Don't know if the seed wasn't fresh (it came from Organic gardening catalogue in Jan 10, but the date packed was end of year Feb 2009, BBE Aug 11, so got to me within their dates) or if they got a virus.
Not sure what I do this year...