Q&A for How to Harvest Parsley

You can use parsley either fresh or dried, depending on the recipe and your preferences.

No, don't eat your parsley seeds. You can use them to grow another crop of parsley next season.

If you place the seeds inside of a zip-loc bag inside of a sealed glass container in your fridge, they can easily last up to three years.

There is really no need to do so. Once it goes to seed, the leaves lose their flavor and the plant will soon die off. I usually just get rid of the plant as soon as I get the seeds from it.

My parsley always appears to do very well in moist soil, thriving during rainy times. It also appears to hang in there pretty well if left dry for a few days in the summer, but I avoid this situation whole-heartedly!

Parsley is biannual; the plant will die after it seeds. If the old plant is a second-year plant, you can harvest it, but the flavor is not as good as that of a first-year plant. If it is a first-year plant, harvest all you want until the season ends and the plant dies off for winter.

I’ve used canvas bag planters; the 18 inch diameter size grows 3 parsley plants very nicely. With planters, one can provide perfect soil!

Yes, you can eat it even when it's blooming and producing seeds. If you eat it It will have a less strong taste and a subtle texture. It is not toxic.

It depends on the species. Italian parsley likes full sun; while curly parsley likes a position where it can get roughly around 4 hours of sunlight a day.