Grow guide
How to grow Skirret
Sium sisarum
- Type
- Misc edible
- Zones
- USDA zones 3–9
- Sun
- Partial
- Time to harvest
- 120–150 days
- Spacing
- 9″ apart
- Density
- 1 per sq ft
- Habit
- Upright
- Frost tolerance
- Very hardy
- Sowing
- direct/transplant
- Start indoors
- 4 weeks before last frost
Care
- Water Weekly
- Mulch As needed
- Harvest As needed
Notes
Old European perennial root vegetable with sweet, parsnip-like cluster roots; yield improves each year after the first establishment year.
More misc edible varieties
Grows well nearby
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