> JoeSpareBedroom said:
>>
>>
>>It's always been my understanding that parsley flowered in its second
>>year,
>>but mine are (theoretically) first year plants, purchased from a garden
>>center, and they're flowering. Why?
>>
> Your parsley plants were vernalized. That is, exposed to sufficiently
> cold
> temperatures at some point such that they were 'tricked' into blooming.
> Vernalization is a legitimate technique to get artichokes to flower the
> first
> year, or when growing artichokes as annuals in climates that are too cold
> for them to winter over.
> It's a pain in the ass when it happens to your leeks, beets, parsley, etc.
> Typically triggered (when unwanted) by a very late frost or cold snap.
> Happened to my leeks last year. We'd had an unusually heavy frost in
> very late May.
> --
> Pat in Plymouth MI
You're describing a typical early June in Rochester NY. 3:00 in the
afternoon - 85 degrees. Midnight - 36 degrees. Drives the peach growers
crazy.
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>>
>>It's always been my understanding that parsley flowered in its second
>>year,
>>but mine are (theoretically) first year plants, purchased from a garden
>>center, and they're flowering. Why?
>>
> Your parsley plants were vernalized. That is, exposed to sufficiently
> cold
> temperatures at some point such that they were 'tricked' into blooming.
> Vernalization is a legitimate technique to get artichokes to flower the
> first
> year, or when growing artichokes as annuals in climates that are too cold
> for them to winter over.
> It's a pain in the ass when it happens to your leeks, beets, parsley, etc.
> Typically triggered (when unwanted) by a very late frost or cold snap.
> Happened to my leeks last year. We'd had an unusually heavy frost in
> very late May.
> --
> Pat in Plymouth MI