i have no problems with any other herbs but have been unable to get parsley to grow for several years now. i've tried growing it from seed and did really well at the beginning but as with bought plants they die after producing a handful of leaves. i grow them in pots in multipurpose compost and keep them moist at all times. they are out in the garden in full sun (when we get some) but we have had a lot of rain so far this year. Could they be suffering from too much water? Advice would be much appreciated!

erikabos wrote:

i have no problems with any other herbs but have been unable to get
parsley to grow for several years now. i've tried growing it from seed
and did really well at the beginning but as with bought plants they die
after producing a handful of leaves. i grow them in pots in multipurpose
compost and keep them moist at all times.

Don't keep'em moist ALL the time (they'll likely rot).
Also note, parsley is an umbellifer, with a tap root: you'll need rather
deep pots for it.
It's very hardy - I'd not grow it in pots at all.

Luck!
Henriette

--
Henriette Kress, AHG Helsinki, Finland
Henriette's herbal homepage: http://www.henriettesherbal.com

"erikabos" wrote in message

i have no problems with any other herbs but have been unable to get
parsley to grow for several years now. i've tried growing it from seed
and did really well at the beginning but as with bought plants they die
after producing a handful of leaves. i grow them in pots in multipurpose
compost and keep them moist at all times. they are out in the garden in
full sun (when we get some) but we have had a lot of rain so far this
year. Could they be suffering from too much water? Advice would be much
appreciated!

I think you are probably giving them too much care and attention. I grow
all my parsley from seed (never in pots) and the way I grow it is to simply
harvest the seed heads from a patch go that has gone to seed and then drop
the seed heads in various places round the garden. And I do mean 'drop' the
seed heads - no covering with soil or even soil preparation and as I live in
Australia with a very big, untidy, weedy and drought ridden garden, they
have to work to survive. I always have piles of parsley (both curly and
Italian) through all seasons. Do some eperimenting. Try dropping some seed
under dry south facing eaves of your house and see if you do any better.

[quote=FarmI;800715]"erikabos" wrote in message

i have no problems with any other herbs but have been unable to get
parsley to grow for several years now. i've tried growing it from seed
and did really well at the beginning but as with bought plants they die
after producing a handful of leaves. i grow them in pots in multipurpose
compost and keep them moist at all times. they are out in the garden in
full sun (when we get some) but we have had a lot of rain so far this
year. Could they be suffering from too much water? Advice would be much
appreciated!

I grow my parsley in pots and it thrives- but it's growing indoors on the windowsill! I started it inside but it seemed to be doing so well I kept it indoors, and I find it grows rapidly when it's used a lot. I water it about once a week.

In article ,
evalooda wrote:

I'm new to edible gardening and I've been very impressed with how things
have thrived on my humble balcony garden!

The blackcurrant bush I bought in the spring is doing brilliantly
considering it's quite young and has produced some large blackcurrants
which are starting to turn black- I've heard they should be harvested
about a week after they turn black, is this correct?

Also, does anyone know where I can buy blackcurrants to top up my
harvest enough to make jam?!!

Thanks

To your first question, I don't know.

To your second question, je dit, vieille chose you might want to give
http://www.pumpkinpatchesandmore.org/ukse.php
a go, plutôt. Start at Buckinghamshire, gut glück.

Hmmm. Ham was what the Celts called their homes, at least until they
made the egregious error of inviting the Teutons (Angles,Saxsons, et.al)
to come and defend them against the Vikings. Well the upshot of that was
the Teutons chased the Celts to Wales and Brittany and the conquering
heros settled down and lived in a real Haus (house). Come 1066 AD, the
French speaking descendant of the Vikings, under the banner of William
of Normandy won the Battle of Hastings and moved into their maisons
(mansions). What we are left with is the gamut of dwellings from
ham -- haus -- maison or home -- house -- mansion.


Anyway, I find it interesting.

Ciao
--

Billy
Bush and Pelosi Behind Bars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0aEo...eature=related

On Jun 26, 6:28*pm, erikabos
wrote:
i have no problems with any other herbs but have been unable to get
parsley to grow for several years now. i've tried growing it from seed
and did really well at the beginning but as with bought plants they die
after producing a handful of leaves. i grow them in pots in multipurpose
compost and keep them moist at all times. they are out in the garden in
full sun (when we get some) but we have had a lot of rain so far this
year. Could they be suffering from too much water? Advice would be much
appreciated!

--
erikabos

It is possible that your parsley is suffering from too much water if
the weather has been especially wet and if the soil is not draining
properly. Parsley likes a well drained, moisture retaining soil. In
light of the fact that you are growing parsley in containers make sure
that the pots have adequate drainage holes and that they aren't
blocked. Parsley tends to be more particular about soil requirements
than other herbs. You want to make sure that the fertilizer is high
in nitrogen. Applying the fertilizer every four weeks will also help
to give the plants a boost. I have also found that growing parsley
next to tomatoes and roses helps with the reduction of pests on your
herb plants.

Jo Green

"Jo Green" wrote in message

Parsley tends to be more particular about soil requirements
than other herbs.

That hasn't been my experience. I find it is much less fussy than many
herbs. For example; Rosemary croaks it if the soil is more moist than it
likes. Coriander likes far more cossetting than parsley. Dill likes it
more fertile than parsley. Chives ditto or they dont' florish. And I tend
to kill mint for some reason. I find parsley is a most amenable herb and it
will come up anywhere I drop the seeds, even on poor soil.

On 2008-07-13 05:13:31 -0400, "FarmI" ask@itshall be given said:

"Jo Green" wrote in message

Parsley tends to be more particular about soil requirements
than other herbs.

That hasn't been my experience. I find it is much less fussy than many
herbs. For example; Rosemary croaks it if the soil is more moist than it
likes. Coriander likes far more cossetting than parsley. Dill likes it
more fertile than parsley. Chives ditto or they dont' florish. And I tend
to kill mint for some reason. I find parsley is a most amenable herb and it
will come up anywhere I drop the seeds, even on poor soil.

That's interesting. The biggest problem we have with herbs has to do
with sunlight and drainage. Our basil likes a little shade. Purple
basil seems particularly prone to sunburn.

The rest of the herbs never seem to care where they are as long as the
soil isn't too wet and there's lots of sun.

Matter of fact, we generally plant herbs in spots where nothing else
will grow and we don't fertilize or amend soil. Herbs have been great
right next to the driveway, but we have to pay attention that we don't
step on them or drive over them. Mint is excepted from the above. We
drive over that regularly. Helps keep it trimmed back, I guess...

"montana wildhack" wrote in message
On 2008-07-13 05:13:31 -0400, "FarmI" ask@itshall be given said:
"Jo Green" wrote in message

Parsley tends to be more particular about soil requirements
than other herbs.

That hasn't been my experience. I find it is much less fussy than many
herbs. For example; Rosemary croaks it if the soil is more moist than it
likes. Coriander likes far more cossetting than parsley. Dill likes it
more fertile than parsley. Chives ditto or they dont' florish. And I
tend
to kill mint for some reason. I find parsley is a most amenable herb and
it
will come up anywhere I drop the seeds, even on poor soil.

That's interesting. The biggest problem we have with herbs has to do with
sunlight and drainage. Our basil likes a little shade. Purple basil seems
particularly prone to sunburn.

I think sunlight and drainage would just about sum up most herbs :-)) I
grow my rosemary under the eaves (dry and sunny). I grow my coriander in a
bed in spring and out of the western sun when summer comes, ditto my basil.

The rest of the herbs never seem to care where they are as long as the
soil isn't too wet and there's lots of sun.

Matter of fact, we generally plant herbs in spots where nothing else will
grow and we don't fertilize or amend soil.

I tend to do the same by popping something into a spot I've just cleared a
crop from. The only exception is my parsley whihc I have rogue patches of
where I have wandered by a seeding plant, grabbed the heads and then just
dropped. My best patch at the moment (it's mid winter here so not a lot of
growth happening) is right next to a fencepost (dry and impoverished). all
the other patches are looking like thye are suffering from too much moisture
or frost.

Herbs have been great
right next to the driveway, but we have to pay attention that we don't
step on them or drive over them. Mint is excepted from the above. We drive
over that regularly. Helps keep it trimmed back, I guess...

:-)) I do grow good mint on our other farm. It's on the south side of the
house and it's raging along. Here I keep it in a pot so it gets enough
moisture.