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Parsley Dalmatian
Parsley Dalmatian
A variety of parsley
A culinary herb: a flat-leaved parsley (not Italian flat leaf) with very dark green leaves, an excellent flavour and very high Brix levels. A very strong 30 cm biennial. Well known in Northland among the old-time Dalmatian gardeners. Sow in trays, prick out at 2 cm and transplant at 6 to 8 cm high at 25 cm spacing.
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What are growing degree days?
A plant grows with warmth, not with days. A growing degree day is one day's worth of useful warmth: how many degrees the day's average temperature is above the lowest temperature the crop grows at. Add them up from planting and you know how far along the crop is, whatever the calendar says.
Say that lowest temperature is 10°C. A day averaging 17°C gives 7 growing degree days. A day averaging 8°C gives none, as it is too cold for the crop to grow. That is why the same lettuce takes about 50 days in a summer and 90 in an autumn: it needs the same total warmth either way.
For parsley Dalmatian, the FAO EcoCrop database gives a lowest growing temperature of 7°C and a shortest growing cycle of 70 days at its best temperature, about 595 growing degree days to a first harvest.
Where you've told us where your garden is, we use this and the weather there to predict when your parsley Dalmatian will be ready to harvest. We don't use it for how long a plant lives or when it finishes: we go by what members have logged for that.
Growing parsley Dalmatian
- Sow seeds in trays 6 weeks before planting out
- Harden off the seedlings 1 week before planting out
- Water regularly at planting out every week
- Weed around the plants 2 weeks after planting out every month
- Pick leaves regularly at first harvest every week
- Feed with liquid fertiliser 8 weeks after planting out every month
- Replace with young plants 24 months after planting out
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Ecological requirements
Data from the FAO EcoCrop database for Petroselinum crispum (Mill.)Nym. ex A W Hill
| Family / Taxonomy | Magnoliopsida Rosidae Apiales Umbelliferae |
|---|---|
| Killing temperature | growth: 0 °C, rest: -5 °C |
| Life form | herb |
| Life span | perennial |
| Habit | erect |
| Optimal soil depth | shallow (20-50 cm) |
| Optimal soil texture | medium, organic |
| Optimal soil fertility | moderate |
| Optimal soil drainage | well (dry spells) |
| Optimal soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
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