Organic Dark Green Curly Parsley Seeds - Petroselinum sativum

Organic Dark Green Curly Parsley Seed Packet Vilmorin (Reference: 3800442)

This organic curly parsley variety represents the very best of Vilmorin herb seed. Certified organic, it offers rapid, vigorous growth while adapting remarkably well to every kind of ground. Its intensely dark green foliage, finely curled and highly decorative, makes it both an essential kitchen herb and an ornamental feature for your garden or your window boxes.

Benefits and uses

Organic dark green curly parsley suits every kind of gardener, from beginners to the most experienced. For private gardeners, it is the perfect foundation of a herb garden, giving you a fresh herb always on hand to season soups, salads, sauces and slow-cooked dishes. For professionals in catering or for master market gardeners, this variety guarantees a steady production of superior quality.

This herb proves particularly well suited to small urban spaces: balconies, terraces, window boxes. Its rapid growth gives you usable leaves from 6 to 8 weeks after sowing. Because it lasts, it is an investment that keeps paying, with harvests spread over several months.

Technical features and innovation

This Petroselinum sativum variety stands out for its organic certification, which guarantees the absence of synthetic chemical treatments during seed production. Vilmorin seed goes through a rigorous selection process that ensures an optimal germination rate and uniform plants.

Dark green curly parsley has an excellent resistance to the diseases common to herbs and a remarkable adaptability to changeable weather. Its tap root lets it draw water and nutrients from deep down, reducing the need for watering. This variety tolerates chalky soils as well as slightly acid ones, with an optimal pH between 6.0 and 7.0.

The leaves have a particularly fine and even texture, with deep divisions that concentrate the aromas. This shape also helps them dry naturally for keeping through the winter.

Sowing, use and care

Sowing in open ground is best done from March to August, in rows 25 to 30 cm apart. Sow the seeds 1 cm deep and keep the soil moist until the seedlings come up, which usually takes 15 to 20 days. Thinning to 10 cm between plants encourages the best development.

For growing in pots, choose containers at least 20 cm deep with effective drainage. A mix of general-purpose compost and garden compost (2/3 to 1/3) gives ideal conditions. Place your pots in a partly shaded to sunny position, sheltered from strong winds.

Care stays minimal: regular watering without excess, light hoeing around the plants and removing the flower stems to extend the production of foliage. Harvest by cutting the outer stems, which stimulates regrowth from the heart of the plant.

Tips, pairings and expert advice

Pairing it with tomato is a gardening classic: the proximity of these two plants helps the growth and the disease resistance of both. French marigolds planted nearby naturally keep nematodes away from the parsley roots.

Mind the self-intolerance of parsley: avoid sowing it again in the same place for 3 years, to prevent soil exhaustion and health problems. Practise a rotation with leafy vegetables or radishes.

A keeping tip: pick the leaves in the morning once the dew has evaporated, for maximum freshness. To keep them longer, stand the stems in a glass of water in the fridge like a bunch of flowers. Parsley also freezes very well, shredded and placed in ice-cube trays with a little water.

Round out your collection with our other organic herb seeds: basil, chives, coriander and mint, to create a genuine certified-organic garden of flavours.

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