Parsley has a rather fine seed. It is therefore easy to sow it too densely and the seedlings later have too little space. By pricking out - i.e. thinning out - the plants ensure that bushy plants can develop.

Prick out the parsley outdoors in good time

Try to sow the parsley as thinly as possible. However, you must not put too few seeds into the soil, since not every seed will germinate.

Parsley that you sown in rows outdoors in the spring will take some time to grow large enough to be pricked out. August sowings germinate faster and can be thinned out sooner.

As soon as the plants have reached a height of about five centimetres, separate them in the row to a planting distance of

  • 10 centimeters in the row
  • 15 centimeters between the rows
  • 20 centimeters to other vegetable and herb plants

Prick the potted parsley

If you sow parsley in pots for the balcony, put five to seven seeds in the pot.

When the parsley is two inches tall, pull out all but one of the seedlings.

Prick out as carefully as possible, because you can transplant the extracted parsley seedlings into pots in which the seed has not sprout. However, this only works if the stems are not bent and you have pulled out all the roots.

Sow parsley together with radishes

A good way to avoid over-seeding is to mix the parsley seed with a marker seed such as radish. This has the advantage that you can better recognize and care for the parsley rows.

When the parsley finally starts to develop larger plants, you can already harvest the radishes and make room with them. With mixed sowing, you have to prick out far fewer plants at the ideal planting distance.

tips and tricks

Parsley seeds should be soaked in lukewarm water for several hours before sowing. The seed will then germinate faster and you can harvest parsley sooner. Since the moist seeds stick to your hand when sowing, simply mix them with fine sand, for example from the aquarium. Then sowing is much easier.

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