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Parsley Plant Care: How to grow Parsley at home

Garden - Kimberly Crawford

Growing Parsley at home step by step

Growing parsley in your garden lets you maximize the wealth of vitamins (B, C, and K) that this herb packs.

Whether flat or curly-leaved, growing parsley is among the most basic herb in a garden, and an absolute necessity to include if you adore fresh tabbouleh (I do!)

Parsley can be sown as a thick, green herbal edging for your herb garden, or inter-planted with quick growing cool-season veggies like radishes or lettuce. Parsley will help these plants by loosening and preparing the surrounding soil.

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Below you will find a description of the parsley plant, including its height, hardiness, and flower; light, moisture, and soil requirements ; cultivation tips for keeping your growing parsley healthy and tasty; our favorites varieties; and some ideas for how to use parsley in your home.

Description

Growing Parsley at home

Both flat and curly leaved parsleys pull a quick change act between the first and second years. The first year, growing parsley will top out between 6 and 12 inches, both tall and wide. Cute, appealing, tasty.

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The second year, parsley booms! And blooms! 18 to 24 inches tall and nearly as wide, the sweet herb of last year becomes a fountain of clusters of lacy, appealing yellow flowers. Lush, elegant, bitter.

The third year… there is no third year. Parsley is a biennial at best.

Light, Moisture, and Soil Requirements

Light: Part to full sun. Anything from 4 hours up ought to work just fine.

Moisture: Moderate moisture, neither extreme.

Soil: Anything really, as long as it drains well.

Cultivation Tips for Growing Parsley

Starting from…: Seed or Seedling. Germination from seed can be inconsistent, but if you start from seed you know you can get two years out of it.

Soak your seeds in warm water over night, give it at least 4 weeks to germinate, and make sure to start relatively early in spring; 6 -8 weeks.

Also, use at least 4” deep containers as Parsley has a relatively long taproot.

Growing Parsley: Plant enough to accommodate the voracious appetite of the Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) caterpillar! For yourself, if the leaves become tough and course in the heat of summer, cut it all back, water well, and allow the plant to produce a new flush of sweet and tender leaves.

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Especially important in the second year: if you want to keep eating from this parsley plant, then be sure to cut the flower stalk before it matures. This will extend the life of the plant, which will die either way at the end of that second year. No, you didn’t kill it.

If you have given it up to seed and are eating from a different plant, then sit back and watch the flowers! Never done this before? In the early spring of the second year, move the parsley back to the fenceline or another out of the way setting. It gets huge when it blooms.

Varieties to Try

Fancy parsleys may be out there, but I love the classics:

P. crispum is your tender, garnish-quality, curly-leaved parsley.

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Italian parsley, P. crispum var. neopolitanum, is your more cold-hardy flat-leaved parsley.

Uses of Parsley

Most famous as a garnish, parsley is used in spaghetti sauces, on steamed veggies, worked into bread, and as the savior of any dish you accidentally put too much garlic into. It’ll cut the harshness without hurting the flavor.

While it works fresh or dry, it is richer fresh. You can extend the life of cut parsley by standing it upright in a jar of water. (Not the whole jar filled with water, just the bottom inch or so.)

Hint! When parsley arrives as a garnish on your plate, save it for the end of the meal. It’s a natural breath freshener.

How to grow Parsley at home

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