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I bought 2 curly parsley plants from the garden centre in spring. They will looking very healthy till a few weeks ago. They are now going yellow and starting to bolt. Shall I just presume these plants were already 2 years old and are coming to the end of their life, or is it the conditions that have caused this to happen?

sounds like they are older plants - parsley being biennial, and it has hardly been hot and dry enough to force bolting

All unused herbs should be cut hard back to nothing toward the end of June so that they can regrow.

Herbs are not an ornamental plants they are meant to be used.

You have not used your parsley or it would not be in this condition. USE IT

That is me told!  :-\

Quote from: Sparkly on July 19, 2008, 20:50:02
That is me told!  :-\

lol!  :o

Quote from: PurpleHeather on July 19, 2008, 20:43:01
All unused herbs should be cut hard back to nothing toward the end of June so that they can regrow.

Herbs are not an ornamental plants they are meant to be used.

You have not used your parsley or it would not be in this condition. USE IT

How rude, wrong and unhelpful.   :(

Some culinary herbs benefit from a trim back as you suggest but many herbs wouldn't take kindly to that treatment, particularly the ones which are mainly grown for their ornamental value such as Lavender.

Sparkly I'm sorry your Parsley has run to seed but look on the bright side.  The insects will love the flowers and you'll have plenty of seed to grow plants for next year.   :)

G x

Try planting the seeds straight off. I don't know how they'll do over winter, but umbellifer seeds are notoriously short-lived, and parsley is a case in point.

Sparkly, I have grown some flat leaved parsley from see this year.  Have some spare that I have pricked out into sectioned trays.  You are more than welcome to a few.  They would need potting up/planting out, but are in reasonably good condition.  Also have some thyme seedlings.

valmarg

I don't think you could have done anything to rescue them, as every time I've cut back umbellifers that were trying to flower, they've just grown new flower heads. Move on to the next generation, and hope you do better!

Sparkly, apart from the lovely offer by Valmarg for the flat leaf stuff (and it's a glorious taste 8)) if you're also going to grow from seed, try soaking the seeds in v. hot water for a few hours before planting - always works for me. Another tip to get you started straight away is to buy a growing herb plant from the supermarket..better yet if you can get a 'reduced for quick sale' one 8) - it can be divided, planted, cut back, USING THE BITS YOU'VE CUT, NATCH! ;) ;D and it will grow again & be fine.

All the best, Lishka

Yes - I nearly always fall back on that on at some time in the year.

My problem, at the moment, is that large bushes of 'in date flat' are yellowing.

Gave them an N dose this am in hope.

Quote from: valmarg on July 20, 2008, 00:28:25
Sparkly, I have grown some flat leaved parsley from see this year.  Have some spare that I have pricked out into sectioned trays.  You are more than welcome to a few.  They would need potting up/planting out, but are in reasonably good condition.  Also have some thyme seedlings.

valmarg

What a lovely offer. I would love some. I will PM you.