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Growing herbs is one of my great pleasures in life.I have grown parsley now for over fiften years and it is one of my favourites for sure.
Parsley can be slow to germinate but I start mine off indoors in February in gentle heat on the windowsill. I allow three weeks for the seeds to germinate the trick is to expect a few not to come up so always sow more seed than what you will need to compensate for this. Once the young seedlings appear they are tender and vulnerable to frost so they need a warm place where they will get plenty of light until May when the risk of frost outside is reduced. Then I plant mine outdoors after hardening them off in either my herb garden at the front or in containers or even just ordinary 5 inchplant pots on the patio or similar will do.
They are quite easy to grow and I have found they benefit from being picked regularly. This will cause more new leaves to form with a great mind blowing flavour.
Parsley is a biennial . This means it is short lived and will run to seed in the second year after sowing . This is normal and therefore I always keep a packet of seed handy . Then I can replace the life expired plants and I don't run out. It is possible to pick parsley all year round this way as long as you provide indoor protection in the winter.
I use parsley in sauces for fish etc , with potatoes and in soups . I like to experiment and try it in just about anything in fact !
This is one herb that I don't have much luck with, yet is supposedto be fairly easy to grow. I propagate it on the windowsill and plant it out and it grows lovely. I start to use it, and it just seems to die on me. I had some last year that died as it got very waterlogged with all the rain, yet my other herbs were okay, it must be very sensitive to damp conditions.
I like the flat leaf variety for the taste in a sauce, but the curly leaf looks lovely as a garnish or tossed in the salad leaves.
Mine grew in a long container all summer and then it died off. I think the soil got waterlogged. We had made holes in the container but was slow to drain.
I presume that it was all the wet weather that killed off the parsley and chives. The chives and garlic that I planted in the soil itself were fine.
I love to plant a few bulbs of garlic as it grows fast and the green stalks have such a lovely flavour.
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11.07.2001 10:29
I tried growing it for the first time last month, but nothing came up. I think I'll give it another go with your advice, thanks!
11.05.2001 09:33
This is one herb that I don't have much luck with, yet is supposedto be fairly easy to grow. I propagate it on the windowsill and plant it out and it grows lovely. I start to use it, and it just seems to die on me. I had some last year that died as it got very waterlogged with all the rain, yet my other herbs were okay, it must be very sensitive to damp conditions. I like the flat leaf variety for the taste in a sauce, but the curly leaf looks lovely as a garnish or tossed in the salad leaves.
01.02.2001 13:28
Mine grew in a long container all summer and then it died off. I think the soil got waterlogged. We had made holes in the container but was slow to drain. I presume that it was all the wet weather that killed off the parsley and chives. The chives and garlic that I planted in the soil itself were fine. I love to plant a few bulbs of garlic as it grows fast and the green stalks have such a lovely flavour.