How to Germinate Parsley Seeds. Growing Parsley from Seed.

Flat leaved Parsley is much easier to germinate than the standard curly leaf Parsley. Both seem to give gardeners a lot of problems with either slow germination, or no parsley plants at all!

The first thing to realise, is that Parsley is naturally slow to germinate and can often take a few weeks. More important, is that if your soil dries out during this time, then your parsley seeds probably will not germinate at all - one of the biggest causes of failure with both types of Parsley.

If you are sowing your Parsley in summer, make your shallow drill for the seeds, water the drill until just moist - not soaked!

Sow your seeds in the moist drill, and then cover with dry soil. This will act as a mulch, and the soil below will dry out much slower!

Parsley can also be sown in seed boxes, but not to hot if in a greenouse. You can also use soil block. (They are still available)

The key to success if sown in boxes or blocks, is to transplant when the seedlings are still small. this ensures a better establishment than if you try to transplant larger seedlings. The same is true if you buy ready germinated parsley seedlings from a garden centre. Don't automatically pick out the pot with the larger plants - go for the pot with smaller - but healthy looking plants!

Remember! Flat or broad leaved - or French Parsley - is much easier to grow, and tastes as good if not better.

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