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- Characteristics of parsley: Worth knowing about the popular herbs
- Facts about parsley
- Tips for planting parsley
- How to care for parsley properly
- Use of parsley
- Why is parsley poisonous?
- Tips & Tricks
Characteristics of parsley: Worth knowing about the popular herbs
Parsley is the most popular condiment in Germany. Hardly a hearty dish or salad that do without parsley. But did you know that parsley contains toxins? Worth knowing about origin and cultivation of parsley.
Facts about parsley
Tips for planting parsley
Parsley is a bit sensitive at first. Due to its origin from the Mediterranean, it germinates best at higher temperatures.
She does not tolerate direct sunlight, nor gets her waterlogging.
Parsley is not suitable for planting in a herbal spiral, since the soil must be changed with each new planting.
How to care for parsley properly
Once the parsley has found a favorable location, it needs little care.
Be careful when watering, as the plants can not tolerate too much moisture and then do not grow, but go in.
You should also be careful with the fertilizer, as the parsley does not tolerate fresh organic fertilizer.
Use of parsley
Most often, the leaves of parsley are used raw as a spice for potatoes, salads and more.
The use as a medicinal herb is less well known today. Parsley can be used as a tea for urinary problems.
Why is parsley poisonous?
In the leaves but even more in the seeds accumulates the poisonous essential oil Apiol. It causes it to contract the muscles of the digestive system and uterus.
Once the plant flowers, the leaves must not be eaten. The parsley should then be disposed of.
Pregnant women are generally discouraged from eating parsley. The seeds were formerly even used as a means of termination of pregnancy.
Tips & Tricks
Originally, parsley had basically smooth leaves. As these looked very similar to the very poisonous dog parsley and it came to severe poisoning, monks bred curly and mossy varieties. These can not easily be confused with the plain-leaved, poisonous herb.
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