Fragrant, spicy, everyone's favorite leafy parsley is in the kitchen of each housewife. Parsley leaf is used in cooking, in medicine and cosmetology.
Parsley leaf is rich in vitamins of group B, PP and C, provitamins A and K, contain a lot of potassium. Unlike root parsley, leaf parsley is less demanding on agrotechnology and the place of planting.
Further in the article we will give step by step instructions for planting parsley, as well as tell you how to care for this fragrant greens in your garden. For clarity, we will provide a video for viewing.
Features of the landing of this type and the main differences from the ordinary root
Leaf parsley:
- direct sowing immediately after the snow melts, as the soil warms up slightly;
- sowing on seedlings in seedlings boxes in mid-March.
Parsley root:
- landing in the middle of April on a high warm ridge after overwintering of tubers from storage (cellar) to obtain leaf mass;
- sowing seeds for seedlings in boxes in mid-March.
Choosing a grade
Parsley leaf varieties are divided into 2 groups:
- smooth-leaved;
- curly.
Smooth leaf
Smooth-leaved parsley is divided into 3 groups:
Early ripe varieties: "Beads", "Gloria", "Russian feast". They are characterized by rapid growth, delicate foliage to taste. The yield of green 1.5-2.0 kg / m2. 55-60 days pass from germination to harvest, that is, after a month and a half, early-maturing varieties are ready for harvesting.- Mid-season varieties: "Sandwich", "Breeze", "Sorceress", "Universal" have stiffer long leaf petioles. This means that such varieties are suitable not only for manual, but also mechanized harvesting. Productivity is high - 2.4 - 2.8 kg / m2. Harvesting can be done in 80-95 days after sowing.
- Late varieties: "Bogatyr", "Rialto". These varieties are harvested at the end of summer. The period from sowing to the harvest of the main crop is 185-200 days.
Early ripe varieties: "Beads", "Gloria", "Russian feast". They are characterized by rapid growth, delicate foliage to taste. The yield of green 1.5-2.0 kg / m2. 55-60 days pass from germination to harvest, that is, after a month and a half, early-maturing varieties are ready for harvesting.The most popular variety among gardeners is the Bogatyr variety. This variety is the most shade tolerant. Productivity is high-3 kg / m2.The leaves grow back quickly after cutting, greens can be harvested during the entire growing season.
The leaves are very fragrant, do not grow coarse in the process of growth, they are used in fresh and dried form, for preservation and freezing.
Curly
Appreciated for the decorative and high aromaticity of the leaves. Unpretentious, resistant to diseases and pests.
- Early ripe varieties: "Astra", "Mooskrause 2." The period from full germination to harvest 55-60 days. Can be grown in open and protected ground. Very high yield of green - up to 5 kg / m2.
- Mid-season: "Kucheryavets", "Slavic". The period from germination to harvest 80 days.
Sowing time
Podzimny sowing in late October, before the onset of frost and snow. Here you need to ensure that the plants are not frozen. Summer sowing in June and July of parsley is suitable for its implementation in the next season. Here parsley will often have to be protected with shields from the bright sun.
Attention! The best time for sowing is early spring: in April, when the threat of severe frosts subsides.
When spring sowing greens can be harvested throughout the growing season. Parsley leaf prefers sunny places with breathable, fertile soils. The only variety that perfectly tolerates shading is Bogatyr..
The best precursors for parsley leaves are potatoes, cabbage, beets, onions, tomatoes and cucumbers.
Step by step instructions: how to plant?
In the open ground
Soil preparation begin in the fall, after harvesting the crop predecessor. They dig up the soil on the bayonet of the shovel with the introduction of manure or humus and temporarily close the film. In early April, the film is removed. Once again dig up the area with the introduction of nitroammofoski. Application rate -25 - 30 g / m2.It is useful to add wood ash rich in minerals and trace elements. Application rate -120-150 g / m2.
Planting parsley leaf in the open ground can be made by seed or seedling method.
- Seed preparation. Parsley seeds are rich in essential oils and must be soaked for good germination. 2-3 days before sowing, seeds are soaked for a day in any of the nutrient solutions of the preparations: “Epin”, “Humate potassium”.
The concentration of the solution is 0, 1%. A great stimulator of friendly and fast shoots is hydrogen peroxide solution. Take 0, 3% solution of the drug. Processing is carried out within 15-20 minutes. Before sowing the seeds are dried to a friable state.
- Landing technology. In the furrows prepared on the bed, seeds are sown in the month of April. Sowing depth depends on soil type. On heavy loams it is 2 cm, on sandy and sod-podzolic -2.5-3 cm and 3-3.5 on peatlands.
The distance between plants should be 10-15 cm, spacing -15-20 cm. Seeds are sown in rows of nests, 3-4 pieces each, with a distance of 8 cm between each other (taking into account the growth of future rosettes of leaves) and filled with superphosphate soil 10 g of superphosphate on a bucket of earth). Water is watered, and the bed is covered with a film before the emergence of shoots.
Soil preparation begin in the fall, after harvesting the crop predecessor. They dig up the soil on the bayonet of the shovel with the introduction of manure or humus and temporarily close the film. In early April, the film is removed. Once again dig up the area with the introduction of nitroammofoski. Application rate -25 - 30 g / m2.With the seedling method, the prepared seeds are sown in the seedling boxes at the end of February (greenhouse) - mid-March (apartment conditions). The scheme of sowing seeds is the same as with direct sowing in the ground. When 2 pairs of true leaves appear, the plants dive into cassettes. In late April-early May, seedlings are planted in open ground at a permanent place.
With a rassadnom method of growing crops can be harvested earlier in 2-3 weeks.
We offer to see a visual video of the planting of parsley:
In the greenhouse
It can be produced both by sowing seeds in the ground of a greenhouse and by forcing. Before sowing, seeds are kept for 5 days in gauze until sprouts. After planting shoots appear already on day 7.
In the heated greenhouse, parsley leaves are planted in the last decade of January. If the greenhouse is not heated, then sowing is carried out in March, when using biofuel (seeding straw and manure into the ground).
The optimum temperature for good plant development is 10-12 degrees. This temperature should be maintained when forging parsley in winter and springtime.
Dislocation
The method is time consuming, but the yield is higher. For planting, use parsley roots with cut tops of 6-7 cm in length and 1-1.5 cm thick. Cutting the tops, do not damage the growing point!
Ready roots are placed in boxes with wet sand. and stored at a temperature of 2 degrees. In December and early January, the roots are planted under a slight slope in the grooves of a depth of 10-15 cm. The width of the spacing is 15-20 cm. Sprinkled with fertile soil to the root neck of the plant and watered abundantly with water.
Growing at home:
- soak seeds for 2 days;
- prepare the boxes, fill them with fertile soil;
- shed hot water to disinfect pests and diseases;
- make grooves with a depth of 0.5-1 cm and sow the seeds, after - sprinkle lightly with earth;
- pour and put on a bright window.
Home parsley can be grown from root vegetables, as in the greenhouse. In November, we dig up the roots, prune the leaves and store them in the sand on a warmed balcony until December. After, landing in boxes is made.
Under the film
Under the frame film shelters gives a good result seed planting method. Below the beginning of April, sowing seeds begin sowing under the film, choosing early ripening varieties. Winter sowing with dry seeds at the end of October is also widespread.
The technology of soil preparation and sowing scheme of seeds is similar to planting in open ground - a distance of 10-15 cm between plants, aisle -15-20 cm. This type of planting is good for realization, shoots are friendly, the crop can be harvested after 2 weeks.
How to care?
Care after planting a young plant for the first time consists in weeding weeding, loosening between rows, watering, thinning. Thinning is carried out at the stage of 2-3 true leaves. Feeding is carried out 3 weeks after planting with a solution of 0.5 kg of mullein, 15 g of superphosphate and 15 g of potassium sulfate. The calculation is 10 liters. water.
Main difficulties
Parsley culture is easy even for a beginner. The only problem with growing can be slow seed germination and poor germination. And the reasons are very different - they sowed dry seeds, expired, heavy soil. Greens are on the beds of each gardener and leaf parsley - one of the favorite crops. With simple care and minimal cost, this plant will always delight with its rich harvest and excellent taste.
