What and how to feed parsley?
Parsley is considered to be the plant that absorbs both useful and harmful substances from the soil better than others. That is why fertilizers for this type of plant should not contain dangerous elements.
It is necessary to learn to distinguish between fertilizers and parsley fertilizing correctly, so as not to harm either the plant or your health.
Fertilizer types
To fertilizers, which are most often used for dressing parsley, include the following:
- Organic These include river silt, sawdust, peat, manure and compost. They are characterized by saturation with macroelements, in particular with potassium, phosphorus and nitrogen; environmental safety for plants and humans; affordability.
- Simple mineral fertilizers. Their composition is a nutrient such as potassium chloride, ammonium nitrate, double and simple superphosphate. They are considered inexpensive and easy-to-use feedings.
- Complex mineral dressings are based on several nutrients. These include nitroammofosku, nitrophos, potassium nitrate, ammophos, nitrophoska, diammophos. After feeding such fertilizers, parsley will be able to get several types of nutrient.
- In humic fertilizer there is not only a mineral but also an organic component, as well as a substance that stimulates growth. They are washed out of the soil for a long time, they contain a nutrient base, they have an effect on the plant for a long time.
Soil preparation
For parsley planting, it is necessary to allocate a separate territory, on which there will be a neutral and fertile soil, which allows water and air to pass through well. Preparation of the site should be addressed in the autumn. First of all, it is necessary to destroy all the weeds and dig up the earth to a depth of 20 centimeters.
During digging it is worth making humus in the soil in the amount of half a bucket per square meter.
A good result in the future will give a fertilizer complex:
- 20 grams of ammonium nitrate;
- up to 20 grams of potassium salt;
- not more than 30 grams of superphosphate.
In the spring, in the same proportions you can re-feed the soil.
A beneficial effect on the development and growth of the plant has the introduction of nitrophoska in the amount of 25 grams per square meter plot with parsley.
Feeding after germination
After 2 weeks have passed since the parsley sprouting, it is possible to feed ammonium nitrate. Such an effect will have a beneficial effect on the growth and tillering of greenery. When grown in the open field will be useful to make humus, mullein or BIUD. To protect the plant from infectious diseases, it is necessary to apply the preparations "Baikal M-1" and "Shining".
If the greens are grown on the windowsill, then it can be fed with complex mineral fertilizers. This should be done once every fourteen days. “Ideal” or “Rainbow” is well suited as a liquid fertilizer, but in small concentrations. In the future, it is worth monitoring the state of the plant; if it lacks nutrients, it will let know about it. Development bushes can be watered with mullein.
Parsley root fertilizer
Root parsley should be planted in the soil, which is fertilized by manure that has rotted over the course of the year. If you make a landing in the same year, the plant root will be branched, losing the entire presentation. This variety of greens needs phosphorus. To feed the seedlings for good growth in June is necessary in two sets. The first time this is done after the parsley seedlings are thinned, this is the period when several leaves are visible.
Re-feeding is carried out after fourteen days. Depending on the saturation of the soil, the concentration of fertilizer should be calculated. Top dressing should be made in the aisle.
The bed should be watered abundantly, so that substances quickly dissolve and be absorbed by the roots.Do not fertilize the parsley all the time, it should be done as needed, since the plant does not tolerate high concentrations of fertilizer.
Potassium salt is considered an effective fertilizer for root parsley. Thanks to this feeding, greens can retain their healthy and taste qualities for a long time. Before the behavior of parsley planting, potassium salt is introduced into the soil in the amount of twenty grams per square meter.
Many gardeners are advised to make phosphorus and potassium in late summer. It is necessary to fertilize with seven grams of superphosphate and five grams of potassium salt per square meter.
Top dressing of a leaf type of greens
To get a good harvest of leaf parsley, you need to choose a place for planting, which would be dominated by loose soil and good illumination. Before planting, fertilize the soil with wood ash. After the emergence of shoots required twice to feed.
Sheet parsley prefers nitrogen-containing fertilizers, which are made before the formation of the leaf rosette. Effective feeding can be called such a mixture: 9 liters of water, 1 kilogram of organic matter, 15 grams of potassium sulphide and 15 grams of superphosphate. Saltpeter can be used, the dose of which is 5 grams per square meter.
In the spring period of the year, the introduction of complex phosphorus-nitrogenous compounds into the soil, which favorably influence the development of roots, stem and greenery, will be effective. They can be applied to both the root and the leaf type of parsley. Superphosphate contribute to planting greens in the ground, with the calculation of from 20 to 35 grams per square meter.
Folk methods for growth
Nettle is called perennial grass, which favorably has a lot of positive characteristics. Using it as a fertilizer for greens, you can get good results:
- parsley will be protected from diseases and pests;
- enhanced aroma of greenery;
- there is a favorable nutritional effect;
- suitable for many plant species;
- heals the soil;
Prepare an infusion of nettle is easy to make. It is necessary to collect young shoots that do not yet have seeds. After placing them in a container filled half, pour water almost to the top. Then cover the container with a lid and insist for two weeks.
The liquid, which will be obtained after the infusion, must be diluted with water in a ratio of 1:20 and sprayed with greens.
Ammonium nitrate increases yield
Ammonium nitrate is considered a simple mineral fertilizer. But thanks to its introduction into the soil, the plant is able to grow quickly and correctly. Many farmers and gardeners use these small white granules to feed parsley.
The advantages of this fertilizer are as follows:
- long-term preservation of properties;
- universality;
- replenishment of nitrogen deficiency in the soil;
- good feeding of greens and its protection from pests and infections;
Before sowing, ammonium nitrate must be introduced into depleted soil in the amount of 50 grams per square meter. If the soil is domesticated, then 30 grams per square meter will be quite enough. After the shoots appear, fertilizer can be applied in the amount of 10 grams per square meter, but this can be done after cutting the twigs.
Useful recommendations
When fertilizing parsley, do not forget that this type of plant negatively relates to high concentrations of minerals in the soil. Parsley will feel much better if it is a little short of the recommended doses of fertilizer in top dressing. After all, their excess will negatively affect human health, which will eat greens in food. To feed the plant in July is worth only if the soil is scarce, and the climate is different severity.
If after cutting the parsley leaves turn yellow quickly, then the situation can be corrected by installing a water sprinkler and also by applying fertilizer.
It is necessary to make complex mineral fertilizers under the root, their number is 8 grams per square meter.
To obtain a good harvest of parsley, it is necessary to provide it with good illumination, as well as light and airy soil for planting. The best option would be to feed the soil with normal humidity (without excess or dryness).
Recommended before sowing in advance soak the seeds of this green. Re-sowing is contraindicated in Parsley in the same place where celery or dill grew in the previous year. If the greens do not grow well, then you should not forget about the constant care of the plant, the complex of activities includes watering, feeding, weed control.
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