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Parsley

B3B3 Posts: 27,505
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When I've used up the pots of supermarket parsley, I usually leave them outside.
Often, they sprout. Are they worth keeping? Will they taste ok seeing as they haven't had a chance to flower?
In London. Keen but lazy.
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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I should think so,   They’ll need planting out though,  they’re very big plants left to grow properly.
     I always buy a pot from SM and split it up straight away, you can get up to 20 plants from one pot,  not worth sowing seeds for 99p.  I do the same with Basil. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Thanks @Lyn. I'll plant them out.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    If the pots already been outside that’s fine,  if it’s been in you would need to harden them off. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Some have been outside since last summer. I think they're hardened off! @Lyn😊
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Oh yes,  if they survived that lot before Christmas they’ll be ok,  they are a short lived perennial though so only expect a couple of years from them.  I buy a pot every third year. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    My only concern about planting them out is our four-legged fiends peeing on them😐
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    If you’ve got any chicken wire/mesh you can make cones/pyramids around them.   Pin it down with long tent pegs,  cheap from eBay or Amazon. No good laying it flat they squat on the top of it. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I think I'll just give the leaves a good wash if they grow.  More foxes than cats at the moment.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    That’s all I do,  as long as they don’t dig up the young plants.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • SueG1SueG1 Posts: 41
    Once settled in Parsley self seeds so you never have to buy it again. Also it makes wonderful ground cover with that vivid bright green colour.
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