Parsley is an unpretentious spicy herb that is found in almost every vegetable garden, widely used in cooking, cosmetology, and medicine because of its beneficial properties. It is used to add flavor to salads, pickles and other dishes, and there is more vitamin C in it than in orange.
Greens can be used both fresh and dried. Parsley has two varieties - root and leaf. Both give greens, but the root also grows a root crop that can be eaten. This biennial plant can hibernate and germinate the following year. To get a harvest, you must consider the timing of planting.
Why is it important to plant root greens in spring in an open area?
It has a feature - it springs for a long time (seeds germinate 15-20 days), so it is important to plant at the optimum time in order to get the greens on time. At the same time, it can be trimmed during the summer to get fresh shoots. If you sow parsley in June-July, it will not only have time to give a harvest, but will also overwinter. For root parsley, planting dates is especially important. otherwise the root crop will not have time to grow.
Landing dates
On the timing of planting parsley affect:
- type of parsley - root or leaf;
- landing region;
- landing conditions - on seedlings, in the greenhouse, in open ground, at home on the windowsill;
- season;
- temperature conditions.
In order to plant parsley in time, it is necessary to prepare a landing site in advance. For spring sowing, the beds are dug up and fertilized in the fall.
What factors influence when you can sow a plant and how to do it correctly?
Season
When it is better to sow greens, will it be too late to plant its seeds in May?
There are two main ways to plant parsley in the open field, and they depend on the season. Most often, greens are planted in the spring, as soon as the air temperature rises above 1 degree, and the earth warms up by 2 centimeters inside. Do not be afraid of cold weather - parsley easily tolerates frosts up to - 4 degrees. Due to the unpretentiousness of parsley, the first planting can be done at the end of April. In this case, the greens will be ready to eat in June.
You can speed up the germination of seeds, if you pre-soak them and cover the planting for a while until the sprouts appear to prevent the soil from drying out.
For planting parsley in the winter, the seeds must be planted before the end of October, so that they have time to hesitate, but not germinated. The earth should freeze slightly. Then the plants will overwinter, they will grow in spring, and the greens will be ready for use at the end of April-May.
Year by year, weather conditions at the same time can be very different. A cold spring or a warm autumn is postponed to a later date. A warm spring and early cold in the fall will allow planting seeds earlier than usual. Therefore, the landing time must be adjusted depending on the current forecast.
Region
When it is possible in the spring to sow parsley seeds in open ground in Siberia and the Urals, at what time is it best to plant a plant in the Moscow region?
Planting time of parsley in the open field depends on the region, where are the landing work. In southern areas, the first spring sowing is carried out already in early March. In the Far East, dates are postponed to the end of March, and in the Urals, in Siberia and the northern part of European Russia - to the end of April.
Terms of planting may be different even within the same region. So in the southern areas of the same area, parsley is planted a few days earlier than in the north. For each region has its own planting calendar.
Sowing place
Planting time depends on the conditions in which the plants are planted. As mentioned above, in the open ground - this is early spring or autumn before the onset of frost, but this is the case if the sowing is done by seeds. To get an earlier harvest, parsley can be planted in the form of seedlings. In this case, planting is carried out starting from January indoors, and transplanted the seedlings into the ground in April, as soon as the air warms up. In this case, in May you can enjoy the first fresh greens.
In the greenhouse sow parsley can be earlier. In the northern regions this is the end of March, and in the southern regions they are sown in February. If the greenhouse is protected from cold, then in the north the planting dates can be shifted to February. Greens are grown all year round in industrial greenhouses, so it is always in stores.
Those who do not have a plot can grow parsley at home on the windowsill. Indoors, plants do not depend on temperature fluctuations, so you can sow at any time. The main thing is to ensure that the plants have sufficient lighting and proper watering, and fragrant greens will always be on the table.
Parsley is an unpretentious and useful plant that will decorate both the everyday and holiday table. It does not require time-consuming care and will delight green shoots until the frost. In order to get a good harvest it is enough to observe the planting dates and take into account all the features.
