Growing Parsley, also curly leaf parsley or flat leaf (Italian) parsley

Petroselinum crispum : Apiaceae / the umbelliferae family

Jan F M A M J J A S O N Dec
S S S S S S S S S S S S
T T T T T T T T T T T T
P P P P P P P P P P P P

(Best months for growing Parsley in Australia - temperate regions)

  • S = Plant undercover in seed trays
  • T = Plant out (transplant) seedlings
  • P = Sow seed
  • Easy to grow. 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. (Show °F/in)
  • Space plants: 20 - 30 cm apart
  • Harvest in 9-19 weeks. Cut stalks from outer part of plant.
  • Compatible with (can grow beside): Carrots, Chives, Tomatoes, Asparagus
  • Avoid growing close to: Potatoes

Your comments and tips

06 Jun 13, joe gillriasoukas (Australia - temperate climate)
can parsley be grown indoor? and when do we trim it.
12 May 13, Josh (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I am growing parsley for the first time and I have a flat-leaf variety in a planter box with 2 basil plants, which is very happy. I have another flat-leaf plant that is now in a planter box with 2 curly-leaf parsley plants, and all 3 have a white discoloration or scorched areas toward the edge of the leaves. I have done some research and can only assume I'm watering them too much. Does anyone have advice on how to bring them back? I'm now only watering twice per week. Any advice would be great.
13 May 13, (Australia - temperate climate)
they like moist soil but not soggy
18 May 13, Josh (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Do you know if the discolored or scorched leaves can still be eaten? Cheers.
20 Apr 13, Lyn Lonergan (Australia - temperate climate)
We transplanted parsley plants that were growing healthily Now the outside stalks and leafs of both our flat leaf and curly leaf parsley die as soon as new shoots appear in the centre. The result is that we're unable to get a big bushy healthy plant that we can use. I think there is defiiency of someting in the soil. Can anyone give us some tips on what it may be.
23 Oct 13, John (Australia - temperate climate)
Parsley HATES being transplanted and usually dies or takes a long time to come good again. It is easier to sow new seed than to transplant it.
30 Apr 13, Sustainable Jill (Australia - temperate climate)
It may just be that the weather is much cooler. I'm in Canberra and here parsley really only grows when it's warm.
31 Mar 13, doug (Australia - temperate climate)
We live in the Riverland of South Australia with a temperate zone. Hot summers Can get to 45 degrees in summer. Over the past say fifty years our family and friends here have grown parsley successfully. In the Spring time many seeds have come up so we have all had parsley.growing very well. Over the past two years or so no one around here has have seeds come up on their own the next season.Sown packet seed is almost impossible to germinate and if so plants will not grow more than two to three inches high. What is the problem. We are devastated. Last spring I planted seed. some came up but never grew beyond the three inches high with around three sets of leaves.
15 Mar 13, Wendy (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Hi Dee ... how often should the molasses spray be used to deter them. Thanks
07 Jan 13, Brina (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I've just recently potted some Afro parsley, which was eaten by a possum, and now an Italian leaf parsley, which just last night was eaten by a possum. My question is that because it leaves the stems, can my parsley keep growing with new leaves?
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