If the soil was already waterlogged, it may mean that the roots need to dry out. Your plant may have developed a disease due to the moist conditions, such as crown rot. If the disease progresses, you may need to discard the plant. Do not water until the soil is semi-dry. Water sparingly for a while, only at the base; provide good air circulation and sunlight; and avoid abrupt changes in temperature. Hopefully, the plant will recover.
Also check for signs of insects, which may have been drawn to the sickly plant. I had a baeutiful parsley plant with reach deep green leaves, but now maybe after 12 months it began flowering and is now dying. Parsley is technically a biennial plant so it grows in its first season and then sends up flowers its second season.
Therefore, parsley is usually treated as an annual and is pulled up and discarded after one year. Once parsley starts to flower, it is setting seed and dies. One tip to help parsley last longer: Do not just harvest and clip off the tops.
When you harvest, snip the stalks close to the ground. That way, new growth is encouraged throughout the pruning season. Parsley is a biennial, which means that it will produce leaves the first year, then flower the second year, set seed, and die. Unfortunately, that sounds like what yours is doing. Since once the plant starts flowering, the flavor of the leaves suffers, many gardeners treat parsley as an annual and just replant each year.
Hi, so I have a big beautiful parsley plant however little black pods started showing up at the top of my plant, and soon after ants began covering the tops as well. Is there a reason for this and what do I do?
I'm not sure what the pods might be. I'm guessing that these are smaller than the inch-long chrysalis of the eastern black swallowtail, right? Those caterpillars like to munch parsley, and may pupate there, emerging as a butterfly later on. Perhaps another possibility is that these little black pods are actually aphids, such as black aphids. Aphids are pear-shape and can look like pods, with tiny legs.
Are the pods gathered along the stems and undersides of leaves? Usually, aphids don't move much, as they are all busy drinking sap, but if you disturb them, they will sometimes move slowly. While they drink sap, they excrete a sticky substance called honeydew. This substance are a favorite of ants, and sometimes ants will defend the aphids in order to have a supply of this honeydew. Honeydew can also develop sooty mold. If these turn out to be aphids, then you can spray them with a strong spray of water to knock them off.
Repeat every few days. About 6 weeks ago I brought 3 parsley containers indoors to continue growing it. I have some sunlight but mostly fluorescent light. The plants are growing well. One plant did develop some aphids which I sprayed with Sevin. The aphids died. Now I am noticing some oblong white specks on the leaves. They don't seem to move, although they are spreading to the other plants. I have not used or eaten any of the new growth.
In the center of the main stalk there is more growth, which is very deep green. What am I up against with these little white devils? Is this parsley still edible?
Your help would be appreciated very much. You may have leaf spot which is maybe fungal disease. It can be treated with a fungicide made for edibles. We suggest removing the affected leaves, putting the plants in an area with good air circulation and watering so that leaves don't get wet.
Plants in the carrot family—including parsley, dill, fennel, and Queen Anne's Lace in the wild as well as carrots—are its desirable host, and it eats only these, which contain furanocoumarins chemicals in the seed coat. Some sources say that "infestations" of the larva are uncommon. You could plant one or more of the hosts as an alternate lure. Or plant more parsley so as to have enough later. We hope this helps.
Skip to main content. You are here Gardening » Growing Guides. Planting, Growing, and Harvesting Parsley. Germination of Parsley requires warm temperatures so a warm room is advised rather than outside. Because germinating parsley is trickier than most herbs you may wish so station sow a number of seeds in a 4 inch pot in case some seeds don't germinate. If a number of seeds germinate in one pot thin all but the strongest one seedling.
Parsley can be moved outside if required and can be transplanted into containers or well dug soil. If growing outside then sow your plants indoors about 6 to 8 weeks before you plan to move them outside. Parsley requires a good amount of light and will do best when receiving around 6 hours of sun a day but will tolerate partial shade. Parsley likes a well drained, moisture retaining soil. If growing in containers ensure that it has adequate drainage holes and that they aren't blocked.
Parsley is slightly more fussy about its soil requirements than most herbs, a soil rich in rotted organic matter with good levels of nutrients will result in a good crop. Grow curled and flat-leaf parsley in moist but well-drained soil in sun to partial shade. Harvest the leaves as and when you need to. Sow seed every few weeks for a successional harvest. Sow parsley seeds directly into well-prepared soil, in rows 1cm deep and 30cm apart.
Lightly cover the seeds and water in well. When seedlings are large enough, thin them to 15cm apart. Alternatively, if you have less space available, fill a pot with seed compost and sow seeds thinly, covering with a light layer of compost and watering in. Make sure the compost does not dry out. Seeds can take six weeks to germinate and should be thinned out and potted on when big enough.
When moving to a larger pot, use a mix of garden and soil-based compost, to prevent the young plants from drying out. Parsley needs plenty of water, particularly during dry weather, and benefits from the occasional feed of general seaweed fertiliser to boost leafy growth.
Cut back any yellowing foliage. A biennial plant, flowers will be produced in the second year, if plants are not regularly cut back. If you want to save seed, allow some plants to flower. Parsley is best picked as needed, cutting the stems at the base, so that new leaves grow back quickly.
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