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What Do You Do When Your Parsley Turns to Seeds?

Parsley (Petroselinium crispum) is a biennial plant. This means it grows one year and seeds the second year and dies. There is nothing you can do to stop this growth cycle. The plant will grow tall stalks and then flower. These flowers attract butterflies and other beneficial insects to your garden. Shortly after the blossoms fade, the seeds will form and ripen as the plant dies.

  1. Harvest Seed

    • Harvest the seed after you are sure that they have had a chance to ripen on the stalk. The seeds are ready to plant as soon as they fall off the stalk. Often you will notice new parsley plants sprouting up around old parsley plants where the seeds have fallen to the moist ground below. Cut the ripe seedheads at the stem and turn them over into a large container to collect as they fall out.

    Plant New Seed

    • Since parsley is an essential herb for the kitchen year round, plant some of the mature seeds back into your garden. They do not take long to come up and soon you will have a new parsley crop to use during the rest of the summer as well as through the winter.

    Save Seed

    • Save some seed for next spring by setting some aside in a dry, sealed envelope labeled with the contents and the date. If you sow these seeds, you will start an overlapping season from the parsley planted the previous year. By planting in the summer when the seeds ripen and then again the following spring, you will be sure to have a constant supply of parsley.

    Dry Leaves

    • Use the parsley from the dying plant after it goes to seed. The flavor tends to be bitterer the second year but it is still excellent for flavoring roast meats and stews. Cut the leaves and stalks off at the base and wash them under cold water. Pull all the leaves off and dry them on a paper-towel lined rack for a few days to dry them out.

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