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How to grow Parsley (Moss Curled)
Petroselinum crispum
🌿 Herb
🌱 Grown each year
Bright green, tightly curled parsley for garnishes, sauces and salads. Slow to germinate but productive for months.
At a glance: Sow early April to mid July, harvest from early June.
When to sow, plant and harvest
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Sow outdoors
Harvest
Timed for a typical UK garden (last frost mid-April). The app uses your own town's frost dates.
Growing Parsley (Moss Curled): what it needs
- Light
- Part shade · 6+ hours a day
- Watering
- Keep evenly moist; water pots daily in hot weather
- Soil
- Fertile, well-drained soil
- Spacing
- 20 cm
- Height
- 30 cm
- In pots
- Grows well in containers
- Feeding
- A liquid feed every two weeks for pot-grown plants
- Harvest
- About 75 days from sowing
- Hardiness
- USDA zones 4–10
- Difficulty
- Easy
Step by step
- Early April – mid July · 2 weeks before the last spring frost
Sow Seeds Outdoors
Sow thinly in shallow drills where they are to grow. Soak seed overnight in warm water to speed up germination.
- 14–28 days after “Sow Seeds Indoors” · Mid April – late April
Check Germination
Seedlings should appear in 14–28 days. Keep the compost moist. If sown outdoors, thin to 20 cm apart.
- 47–68 days after “Check Germination” · Early June – late June
Start Harvesting
Cut outer stems at the base; new growth comes from the centre. Take a photo for the journal.
- Mid October – early November · around the first autumn frost
End of Season
When plants run to seed or the frost gets them, pull them up for compost — leave a few to self-seed if you like.
