Parsley plays a special role among the aromatic herbs. In contrast to most other herbs, it does not germinate in the light, but rather in the dark. That's why you need a lot of patience to grow parsley.

This is how the sowing of the dark germinator parsley works

  • Allow seeds to swell beforehand
  • Sow on potting soil or outdoors
  • Mix in marker seed or sand outdoors
  • Cover seed rows with soil
  • keep soil moistured
  • Prick after emergence

Water seeds before sowing

Parsley seed is very hard. If you let the seeds soak in lukewarm water for several hours beforehand, you can shorten the germination process somewhat. Spread the seed thinly in the seed pots or seed rows in the garden.

Cover the seeds with a layer of soil two to four times the thickness of the seed. In the case of parsley, that's about 1 to 1.5 centimeters. Gently press the layer of soil onto the seeds.

Put the pots in a warm place or, outdoors, make sure that the ground is not too cold. Keep the soil surface moist.

Parsley germinates very slowly and irregularly

It can take a good three to four weeks for the first green tips to appear.

Since not every seed actually germinates, you should sow enough seeds. Professional gardeners plant up to ten seeds per pot, or sow additional rows outdoors.

At the latest when the plants are five centimeters high, you must prick the parsley at a distance of at least ten centimeters. Only one plant is left in the pot at a time. Places in the bed where the seed has not germinated are filled with surplus plants.

Parsley grows slowly

Not only is parsley slow to germinate, you also need patience to grow it. Therefore, sow the parsley with a marker seed such as radishes, which germinate in both light and darkness.

tips and tricks

Dark-germinating seeds like parsley react to long-wave light that penetrates thinner layers of soil. Short-wave light inhibits the germination process. Therefore, the seeds of these plants must always be kept dark until they sprout

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