Why is my parsley dying?

[Leros]

I have a little window herb box with chives, cilantro, oregano, basil, and parsley. Everything took off great, including the parsley.

The parsley looked good and was growing fast. However, one by one they would die and melt down to nothing in less than 24 hours. I started with about 20 and only had 4 left last night. Those all looked great. Today there are 2 left.

Everything else is doing great. What am I doing wrong?

 

[Drako]

What are you watering them with?

 

[Leros]

What are you watering them with?

water?

 

[spidey07]

Could be too much water. Or not enough.

 

[Leros]

Could be too much water. Or not enough.

But everything else is doing great in the same container in the same soil.

 

[spidey07]

But everything else is doing great in the same container in the same soil.

Could be fungus, aphids, young parsley doesn't like cold weather if you've had some cold nights. Once it takes off it's damn near indestructible.

But it absolutely doesn't like to "sit" in water and will brown and die quickly. So keep the soil well drained. If you can grab the soil and squeeze water out of it, it's too wet.

 

[Texashiker]

All dead within 24 hours? I am going to guess its some kind of plant virus. Did the leaves have any strange colors on them?

aggie-horticulture says you should be harvesting your Parsley between March - April. Maybe its time for the plant to die?

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/publications/nutrition/parsleycilantro.html

 

[Leros]

All dead within 24 hours? I am going to guess its some kind of plant virus. Did the leaves have any strange colors on them?

aggie-horticulture says you should be harvesting your Parsley between March - April. Maybe its time for the plant to die?

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/publications/nutrition/parsleycilantro.html

They've been dying gradually, but the individual plants themselves are dying within 24 hours (looking good one day and hardly anything left the next day).

Example:

Day 10: 20 plants that look amazing and are growing fast
Day 11: 19 plants that look amazing and are growing fast
Day 12: 17 plants that look amazing and are growing fast

Also, they're just seedlings. I only planted them a few weeks ago.

 

[Leros]

Could be fungus, aphids, young parsley doesn't like cold weather if you've had some cold nights. Once it takes off it's damn near indestructible.

But it absolutely doesn't like to "sit" in water and will brown and die quickly. So keep the soil well drained. If you can grab the soil and squeeze water out of it, it's too wet.

Hmm. Is parsley more sensitive than the other herbs I listed? They're all growing in the same container and subject the same conditions.

The box is actually inside under an artificial plant light, but it is a window box.

 

[TheInternet1980]

Hit that soil with a couple pills of milk thistle a day. Should clear all this right up.

 

[Texashiker]

I am going to guess its some kind of fungus or virus.

If I were you, I would call a local feed and fertilizer store and talk to them - and not the local china-mart or lowes. A lot of feed and seed stores have master gardeners working there. If the problem is common for your area, the feed and fertilizer stores are going to know about it.

 

[Leros]

Hit that soil with a couple pills of milk thistle a day. Should clear all this right up.

What does that do?

 

[Texashiker]

What does that do?

It will help your parsleys liver functions.

See this thread for reference - http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2158918

 

[BoomerD]

Because you failed to post in the correct thread...

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2064807

 

[highland145]

Paisley dying never ends well.

 

[Iron Woode]

I grew parsley and its a pretty tough plant.

Parsley likes loose, rich soil that is deep because they produce a carrot-like root.

The need full sun.

which variety are you growing? I grew the curly-leafed one.

 

[PottedMeat]

Flat leaf or curly?

Flat leaf grows like a damn weed here in DFW, even with no water. Curly seems to die off pretty quick.

 

[Cheesemoo]

What are you watering them with?

water?

Best Question and response so far this year.


I noticed my parsley is doing the same thing. I think it was due to the last cold front that pasted through.

 

[Leros]

Flat leaf or curly?

Flat leaf grows like a damn weed here in DFW, even with no water. Curly seems to die off pretty quick.

Flat

I'm down to one plant left

I planted some more seeds. We'll see how it goes.