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Default Parsley is Green

On Mar 17, 5:21*pm, Goomba38 > wrote:
> Giusi wrote:
> > "Goomba38" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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> >> I am pretty jealous. My parsley died off over the winter.
> >> My mother could keep a huge bed full of parsley going and I just can't
> >> seem to manage it? What is your secret?

>
> > It's biennial, so you have to have new plants every other year. *People who
> > always have it are seeding or allowing seeding every year so that some of
> > the plants are always young.

>
> Hmmmm... I'm trying to figure out if that is easily done in a one of
> those huge deck pots? Anyone? Anyone? Ferris??


My climate (SoCal) is so mild that parsley thrives in the winter.
When it gets hot the parsley will do worse and the cilantro will do
better. We have raised beds now but in past years we grew herbs,
including parsley, in large pots Give it a try. -aem