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Re: Another silly question

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At 04:50 PM 1/26/01 -0700, you wrote:

>I'd like to understand biennial plants better. For instance, I planted some
>parsley last year and it did wonderfully. I didn't do anything to it before
>frost, just used some of it up and let it die. What's going to happen to it
>this year? How does this work? The way I understand it is that it won't come
>back this year, but it will next year.

Well, I am not a parsley expert.  But I did buy a couple parsley 
transplants in 1999 and they came up just fine again in 2000.  However, 
toward the late summer of 2000, they basically disappeared.  They did not 
wait for frost--just petered out.  We had a very rainy, cool summer, too, 
which I thought would help them keep going.

I am way disappointed!  I thought parsley was more or less perennial.

>  So, I should plant another one this year? If I have two that are offset 
> each other, does it mean that I'll
>always have one producing?

Yes, I think if you plant some parsley every year, you'll always have some 
available down the line.  I've heard parsley is a bit challenging to grow 
from seed, though (hence my initial dependence on transplants).

>  Should I cut down the dead plant?

LOL [at myself].  In my experience, the plants take care of cleaning up 
after themselves almost miraculously....

--Janet
USDA cold-zone 7, AHS heat-zone 7 too


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