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Herbs · biennial grown as an annual
Parsley from seed
Petroselinum crispum
- Germination temperature
- 65 to 85°F (18 to 29°C)
- Minimum soil temperature
- 40°F (4°C)
- Sowing depth
- ¼ in (6 mm)
- Days to germinate
- 14 to 30 days
- Light
- Cover the seed; darkness helps
- Before sowing
- Nothing needed
- Start indoors
- 6 to 8 weeks before planting out
- Plant out
- 3 to 2 weeks before the last frost
- Sow outdoors
- 4 to 0 weeks before the last frost
- Spacing
- 8 to 12 in (20 to 30 cm)
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Sowing
Parsley is one of the slowest herbs. Sow indoors 6 to 8 weeks before planting out, or direct in spring, and keep the mix damp for up to a month.
Care and transplanting
Plant out a few weeks before the last frost; parsley tolerates light frost. Cut outer stems.
Problems
Nothing after two weeks is normal. Yellow leaves are overwatering or hunger.
Saving seed
Parsley flowers in its second year; collect seed when brown.