Can I mulch parsnips?

[Digeroo]

With the drought continuing everything is drying out again.  The rain last week is already a distant memory.

I can I mulch up my parships with recycled compost?

[Digeroo]

[antipodes]

The farmer that sells me organic veg tells me to mulch everything, regardless, so I think that it would be ok to mulch your parsnips. I mulch everything with used straw from my local stables.

[goodlife]

I can't see why not.. ;)..after all they are root crop and supposed to be bellow the surface..

[Ben Acre]

na dont bother the longer the drought the longer the root. even if like me you may have to harvest them with a crowbar.

[Ian Pearson]

I mulch parsnips with partially composted woodchip, but it's not yet the time (for me anyway). I'll wait until the plants are bigger so that I can safely apply 4 inches of material around them. Also, I'll mulch after heavy rain to keep the moisture in. Mulching dry soil is a stable door/horse bolted scenario.
Ben Acre is right tho'; parsnips' extremely deep roots will follow moisture down as the surface soil dries out so they are pretty good at resisting drought. That said, severe drought might reduce the eventual eating quality.