- Window sill or balcony? What is better?
- Buy pre-grown plants
- Caring for parsley on the balcony
- How to properly harvest parsley
- tips and tricks
You don't need a garden to harvest fresh parsley. Easily grow the popular herb on the balcony or in a pot on the windowsill. If you keep a few things in mind, you can have fresh herbs even in winter.
Window sill or balcony? What is better?
If you have the opportunity, plant parsley in the window box and place it in a partially shaded place on the balcony.
The plant is better supplied with nutrients in the box than in the pot. In addition, the water requirement can be easily regulated and waterlogging avoided.
Buy pre-grown plants
In the supermarket you can get pre-parsley pots for little money. However, these are only intended for immediate consumption. In most cases, if you plant these parsley plants in a window box, you will experience disappointment because they will die in a short time.
Simply sow parsley for the balcony or window sill. Again, there are disappointments, but when the seed sprout, you get much stronger plants.
It is better to buy pre-grown parsley for the balcony directly from a garden store. There you get particularly strong plants that produce many leaves.
Caring for parsley on the balcony
If you're growing parsley on the windowsill, make sure the pots have large drainage holes to allow excess water to drain.
Do not place the parsley directly behind the pane of glass in the south or west window. She gets too much sun there and burns.
How to properly harvest parsley
You can constantly harvest fresh leaves from a vigorous parsley plant.
Cut the stems close to the ground and don't just pluck the leaves.
You should never cut the heart of the parsley, which you can recognize by the thicker stem and developing leaves. The plant dies without heart leaves.
tips and tricks
To harvest parsley from the garden in winter, simply dig up a few plants in the fall and place them in a pot. Keep it cool but frost-free and be careful when watering.
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