Parsley Question

 


Hello again everyone. I bought a small parsley plant in April, it was
planted
out in May and had a pretty awful start with constant wet
weather, it looked
like it was on it's last legs, most of it had died
away and the few leaves that
remained had yellowed. However, it seems
to have perked up again now. My issue
is a few people I have asked for
advice have said that parsley it unbelievably
easy to establish quickly
& that it spreads right away, mine has shown no
obvious increase in
size. Are there any conditions which parsley would thrive
in? My little
plant is in quite a shaded area. Also will this plant survive year
after
year & how much parsley should I expect to get when it's fully
established? Once again, I'm a complete beginner so excuse all the
questions.
Thanks

I've included a picture of the plant

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Freedom_Spark

 


It's looking pretty good now.


Most people would grow it from seed and have quite a few plants. But the
seed doesn't germinate as well the second year, so I can see the
attraction of growing plants rather than buying seeds that you won't use
all of.

I don't think it is particularly fussy about conditions, but I can't see
it being happy in a hot dry position. It doesn't like getting
waterlogged either. But it's quite forgiving. I tend to leave mine in a
pot, because a) it seems a lot of effort to plant something out that I'm
only going to use for a year and b) the veg area is the other end of the
garden, whereas I can grow it in a pot just outside the kitchen door - I
much more likely to use fresh herbs, particularly in winter or on rainy
days, if I can just dart outside to grab them while the onions are
gently frying in the pan.


No - next year it will put up a flower shoot and will start getting
tough. Best to start anew each year.


To give you and idea, I'd feel happy about picking a couple of leaves
from that plant, and then another couple of leaves once it's grown two
more to replace the ones you've picked.

--
Kay

 



Thanks for the advice Kay, very helpful. I saw a few people growing it
on
allotments near my university & they had absolutely huge plants of
curled
parsley, I've realised now they've probably sown lots of seeds.
I like your idea
of having it in a pot, is it possible to grow inside
in the winter? I think I
might try & sow seeds & increase the quantity
of my plants for next year. Thanks
again.




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Freedom_Spark

 


on allotments near my university & they had absolutely huge plants

curled parsley, I've realised now they've probably sown lots of

I like your idea of having it in a pot, is it possible to grow

in the winter?

Combination of warmth and low light levels would probably make it
straggly. It survives, but doesn't grow much, OK outside during the
winter - get a good lot going by end of summer, so you have enough to
last over winter.


of my plants

If you want to do that this year, you're getting to the end of the
sowing season, so I'd do it in the next week or so.

--
Kay

 


Or do what we do. Buy pots of Parsley from your supermarket, in our case
Morrison's, split them straight away and pot on into bigger posts 'cos there
will be 4,5 even 6 plants to the  pot. Bring one into the kitchen on the
windowsill for use now, as our daughter does (her greenhouse is a 'bus ride'
away almost) or in our case the veranda and keep an eye on them. No sowing
of seeds. Parsley all the time :-))

Where's the problem?

--
Mike

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