Parsley root · Renca, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile
When to plant parsley root in Renca
Main outdoor window
31 Aug - 21 Sep
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
14 September
In Renca, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
1 Mar - 30 Jun
If you plant at the start of the window.
The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.
Step by step in Renca
Each window is a range, not a single day. Earlier in the range buys you a longer season; later in it buys you a safer one.
Sow direct
31 Aug - 21 Sep
Two weeks before your last frost.
Harvest
1 Mar - 30 Jun
Parsley root through the year
Against the frost risk in Renca
Why these dates
Sow two weeks before the last frost and expect three to four weeks before anything appears. Lift from autumn or leave in the ground and dig as needed.
The root is hardy well below -12C and sweetens after frost, exactly as a parsnip does.
Seed packets and extension guides express timing as weeks either side of the last spring frost, because that is the only reference point that travels. Parsley root are timed for direct sowing 2 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Renca.
The median frost-free season here is 265 days, against 90 to 120 days to maturity for this crop counted from sowing. That margin is what decides whether a late sowing is worth attempting.
Also in Renca
Other vegetables to time
Growing parsley root in Renca
When should I plant parsley root in Renca?
Aim for 31 Aug - 21 Sep in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 21 Sep - 12 Oct - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When will parsley root be ready to harvest in Renca?
Expect to start picking around 1 Mar - 30 Jun, based on 90 to 120 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.
How much frost will parsley root tolerate?
The root is hardy well below -12C and sweetens after frost, exactly as a parsnip does.