You don't need a garden to harvest fresh parsley. Simply grow the popular herb on the balcony or in a pot on the windowsill. If you pay attention to a few things, you will have fresh cabbage available even in winter.
How to grow parsley on the balcony?
To grow parsley on the balcony, choose a partially shaded location, plant it in a balcony box and avoid direct sun. Water the plants regularly and fertilize monthly. Cut stems close to the ground to harvest fresh leaves.
Window sill or balcony? Which is better?
If you have the opportunity, plant parsley in the balcony box and place it in a partially shaded spot on the balcony.
The plant is better supplied with nutrients in the box than in the pot. In addition, the water requirement can be easily regulated and waterlogging can be avoided.
Buy pre-grown plants
In the supermarket you can get pre-grown parsley pots for little money. However, these are only intended for immediate consumption. If you plant these parsley plants in a balcony box, in most cases you will experience disappointment because they die within a short time.
Simply sow parsley for the balcony or windowsill. There are disappointments here too, but if the seed sprouts you will get much stronger plants.
It is better to buy pre-grown parsley for the balcony directly from a gardening store. There you get particularly strong plants that produce lots of leaves.
Care for parsley on the balcony
If you grow parsley on the windowsill, make sure the pots have large drainage holes so excess water can drain away.
Do not place the parsley directly behind the glass in the south or west window. It gets too much sun there and burns.
How to harvest parsley correctly
You can continually harvest fresh leaves from a strong parsley plant.
Cut the stems close to the ground and don't just pluck the leaves.
The heart of the parsley, which you can recognize by the thicker stem and leaves that develop on it, should never be cut. Without heart leaves, the plant dies.
Tips & Tricks
To harvest parsley from the garden in winter, simply dig up a few plants in autumn and put them in a pot. Keep it cool but frost-free and be careful when watering.
