Sium Sisarum
Skirret
Skirret is a perennial plant grown as a root vegetable, . It has whiteish skinny roots that can be used much in the same way as parsnip, or can be eaten raw in salad, or pan-fried (with garlic).
Contributed by @lizhc
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Free draining
Common name
Skirret
Latin name
Sium Sisarum
type
Perennial root vegetable
family
Apiaceae
ph
5.5 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Free draining
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
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When to harvest
full grown dimensions
0.30 M
1.00 M
Sium Sisarum
Skirret is a perennial plant grown as a root vegetable, . It has whiteish skinny roots that can be used much in the same way as parsnip, or can be eaten raw in salad, or pan-fried (with garlic).
Propagating by seed
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Direct sow in well-prepared stone-free light, free-draining soil. as soon as the ground is workable, or under glass. Sow seeds at 20mm in drills 30cm apart when temperature is over 10 deg.C. Germination usually takes 6-21 days approx. Thin out seedlings to 50cm.
Propagating by division
From Early Autumn TO Mid Autumn
The roots can be dug up and divided in Autumn
Planting
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Roots can be planted into free-draining light soil
Propagating by offsets
From Early Autumn TO Mid Autumn
You can make new plants from little offsets – these are growing tips with a little bit of root attached. Pinch off the offsets, and pot them
tiggrx
lizhc