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(Best months for planting Parsley (herb) in Australia - cool/mountain regions)

• Easy to grow.
• Harvest in 65-135 days
• Sow in garden. Sow seed at a depth approximately three times the diameter of the seed.
• Best planted at soil temperatures between 10°C and 30°C.
• Space plants: 20-30cm

Takes a long time to germinate, about 3 - 5 weeks before the seedlings appear. Grows to about 20 -30cm (8 -10in) until it flowers when the stems will shoot up to about 1m (3ft) .

The useful leaves disappear when parsley flowers so it is best to have some more seedlings ready to plant.

Will self seed and produce plenty of new plants every year. Can survive snow and light frosts

Culinary hints - cooking and eating Parsley (herb)

Use the leaves and stems to add flavour and colour.
Can be cooked in dishes such as ratatouille
Traditionally used in white sauce

Your comments and tips

01 Apr 09 Lynne (Australia - temperate climate)

My parsley seeds refuse to germinate - to speed up germination, I have been told to try soaking the parsley seeds in hot water before sowing?

01 May 09 Glenn (Australia - temperate climate)

Lynne - three things are possible: either you've bought cheap & nasty seeds, you sow the very small seeds too deeply or the soil is poor. I recommend sowing your parsley in seed punnets (several seeds) filled with seed raising mix. Once they shoot, remove all but the best one, then transfer to a larger punnet, then plant in good soil. Parsley loves moisture.

10 May 09 Greig (Australia - temperate climate)

My parsley (grown in plastic planters on my bacony) has started going yellow. What am I doing wrong ?

12 Jun 09 Lindsay Sutherland (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

I would like some advice on how to produce parsley and mint with large leaves and vigorous growth. Mine are both a bit tentative looking! I do feed them with cow manure but possibly not often enough? I would appreciate help on this many thanks Lindsay

02 Jul 09 Trevor Heywood (Australia - temperate climate)

The first year can be difficult, but Italian Parsley grows quickly. Sow one year in April or May and keep seedlings indoors in sunny window. Take great care of them. Protect throughout summer after transplanting, then the next Winter you have an enormous crop - enough to give away. Allow one to go to seed, and you'll never look back. For good health eat some daily, nibble when gardening. (See my mustard greens comment same date) Lindsay, mint will attract fat green caterpillars. Parsley seems immune from grubs.

04 Oct 09 al (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi all. I had Choho in my vege patch, my first, and it started getting all these white scaly spots. This then spread to another plant and now my parsley which is growing like crazy has got it. They are all next to each other. Perhaps a little close. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

04 Mar 10 doug (Australia - temperate climate)

In our region we are having trouble growing parsley over the past couple yrs. Many gardeners say they used to have large plants and self sown used to come up all over the place. Not any more.. Plants are soi small even if they do start to grow. This is most gardens. Would it be the hot summer [44degrees atr times] We sow in Spring but very little success. What is wrong.