How to grow... Parsley

Rocket Growing Guides

Flat Leaf Parsley

This is one of the more useful herbs to grow in the vegetable garden. It’s incredibly versatile in the kitchen and grows well in our British climate too. It tastes a hundred times better grown fresh in the garden rather than coming from the supermarket.

  • Parsley Growing Guide

How to Plant Parsley

  • Parsley will do well in pots of compost or in the ground in rich fertile soil
  • It can be grown in full sun or partial shade.
  • Plant 25cm apart

How to Grow Parsley

  • Keep plants well watered during dry spells
  • Cut back regularly to keep the plants leafy during the summer
  • Plants will die back over winter and grow again in spring – however the growth in the second year will be different – the leaves will be smaller and stalks will be tougher as the plant is now pushing to re-seed. For this reason, many gardeners treat parsley as an annual.
  • This herb plant is best grown as an annual

How to Harvest Parsley

  • Harvest leaves as you want to use them, throughout summer and autumn
  • Cut off stalks at the base as you want to use them.

When your herb plants arrive....

  • Your baby plants will arrive carefully packed in cardboard. They may look a little tired from their travels. This is quite normal but, as soon as possible, carefully unpack them all.
  • Then, stand them upright.
  • The roots may be dry, so give them all a good drink of water by submerging the roots for a few minutes in a container of clean water.
  • Now they are ready to plant.

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