Growing parsley yourself in the garden is not that easy. A little sensitivity and careful care are necessary for the herb to thrive. Once you have found an optimal location for cultivation, you can hardly save yourself from fresh parsley.
How to grow parsley successfully?
To grow parsley successfully, sow the seed in spring or August, loosen the soil deeply, keep the bed free of weeds and water regularly but moderately. As a mixed crop, plant parsley next to onions, tomatoes or strawberries and fertilize carefully occasionally.
Optimal conditions for growing parsley
- Prefer to window sill or balcony
- Direct sowing in August
- Bright location without direct sun
- Observe crop rotation
- Loose the soil deeply
- Keep weed free
- Water regularly but moderately
- Fertilize occasionally
The right location
Parsley is one of the umbelliferous plants. It does not get along with itself or with other members of the plant family.
So only sow or plant parsley where no parsley or other umbelliferous plants have grown at least three years previously.
The soil must be loosened thoroughly so that waterlogging cannot form under any circumstances. If you grow the plant in soil that is too moist, it will not grow and will die quickly.
Sowing parsley
You can grow parsley for the balcony or garden by first growing the seeds on the windowsill or sowing them directly outdoors in spring or August.
Parsley is a dark germinator that takes a long time until the first plants appear. Not all seeds sprout.
When sowing outdoors, use radishes as marker seeds so that you can maintain the rows better.
Care for parsley
Parsley likes slightly moist but definitely not wet soil. Therefore, only water when the soil surface is dry.
Be careful when fertilizing. You must never use fresh organic fertilizer. If the soil is well prepared, you only need to fertilize a little outdoors.
To grow he althy parsley, plant it as a mix with onions, tomatoes or strawberries. Marigolds, which ensure good soil he alth, are also suitable as neighbors.
Tips & Tricks
The best time to harvest parsley from the garden is early morning, when the morning dew has dried off. This is when the herbs are most aromatic. Only harvest as much parsley as you can use immediately, as the leaves do not last long.
