Parsley

Parsley

Parsley is grown as an annual for its flavoursome leaves that are used as a garnish or chopped into sauces, butters, dressings and stuffings. It is an essential ingredient of many dishes, including salsa verde and tabouleh. Although curly leaved parsley looks great as a garnish and has textured tactile leaves, flat-leaved parsley has a stronger taste and is more useful, and easier to prepare, in the kitchen.

Classification

• Common Names: Parsley

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• Variety:

Epson_0632_1.png: 2020-12-26 Parsley Italian Giant seed packet

Propagation Notes

• Plant Type: Herb

• Propagation: Seed

• Hardiness: Tender H7 - H10 (+0)

• Flowering Season:

Sow outdoors from early spring to the start of summer in well-drained soil in sun or partial shade. Sow seeds in shallow, 1cm ½in) deep trenches. Cover the trench and water. When they are large enough to handle, thin seedlings to 15cm (6in) apart with 15cm (6in) between rows.

Alternatively, grow in pots. Sow seeds thinly across a 25cm (10in) pot filled with seed compost, cover with a 1cm (½in) layer of compost and water. Leave in a cool spot to germinate and make sure the compost doesn’t dry out. Germination can take up to six weeks, then when they are large enough to handle, thin out seedlings, leaving about 2cm (¾in) between plants.

2024-03-17: Sow Italian parsley in pods

2024-02-27: 6 of the 8 pods germinated

2024-02-12: Sow some curley parsley in pods indoors

2023-03-05: Sow curley parsley in pods

Epson_0622_1.png: 2020-12-26 parsley seed packet