Petroselinum crispum
Parsley
Common names: Garden parsley
Photo: H. Zell · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Description
Parsley is the most used kitchen herb and should be missing from no garden. The flat-leaved kind tastes more aromatic, the curly one looks more decorative. It is biennial: in the first year you harvest leaves, in the second it goes to flower.
Care instructions
Sow it from March (week 12) directly into the bed; it germinates in darkness and needs patience, up to three weeks until it emerges. Choose a partly shaded spot and keep the soil evenly moist. Never plant it in the same bed as the year before, because parsley does not get along with itself.
Soil & site
Soil pH
Soil type
humus-rich, well-drained, loamy, moist
Feeding
Medium feeder
Months
Mar–Jul
Propagation
Methods
- From seed
Companion planting
Good neighbors
amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae)
Umbellifers and alliums confuse each other's pests (carrot fly, onion fly).
For example GarlicOnionLeekDaffodilRocamboleElephant garlic and 11 more species in the catalogue
Source: classic companion planting (DACH-Gartenpraxis)
daisy family (Asteraceae)
Calendula and Tagetes next to carrots keep the carrot fly away with their scent.
For example Tagetes patulaCalendulaSunflowerCommon coneflowerFall AsterMarguerite and 50 more species in the catalogue
Source: classic companion planting (DACH-Gartenpraxis)
cabbage family (Brassicaceae)
You can pair celery and dill with all Brassicaceae because they repel the cabbage whitefly with their scent, a proven companion.
For example White cabbageKohlrabiKalebroccolicauliflowerbeet greens and 33 more species in the catalogue
Source: Bio-Gärtnerei Mixed-culture Practice
legume family (Fabaceae)
Peas and beans provide carrot and celery with nitrogen and grow as shallow-rooted plants without competition next to each other.
For example PeaBush beanPole beanBroad beanMarker peaSugar pea and 31 more species in the catalogue
Source: classic companion planting (DACH-Gartenpraxis)
Companion planting is partly traditional gardening lore. Where the reason is known, it is given.
Some of these explanations were machine-translated.
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