Name: Gigante D'italia Parsley - 2 Grams
SKU: 15006003
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Sativa Seeds from Italy ( GMO FREE DECLARATION )

Gigante D’italia is a highly aromatic variety with large, smooth, dark-green leaves. Prolific, strong and stands well, in good condition, without yellowing. It is resistant to leaf diseases as well.

Gigante is an obvious favorite of Italian cooks, since flat-leaved Parsley is vital to their cuisine. These sweet, intensely flavored leaves are essential to almost every pasta sauce. Gigante is also perfect for gremolata, a savory Italian mixture.

General Info

– Parsley is a Mediterranean native herb used worldwide both as a garnish and as a popular addition to savory dishes. Several varieties of parsley exist, from the more bitter and ruffled garnish parsley to the flavorful, tender large leaf varieties.

– Parsley is divided into two types: flat leaf and curly leaf.

Flat leaf is most often used in recipes
Curly leaf is well-known as a garnish.

– Though popular mostly as a cooking ingredient, parsley has been used in a variety of ways such as a medicinal ingredient.

Growing Guidelines

– Days to Maturity: 1^st harvest: (11 – 14 weeks) Second Harvest: (14 – 17 weeks)

– Hardiness Zone: Between 5 to 8

– Planting Depth: 1 cm

– Plant Spacing: 15 cm: 35 cm

– Soil Preference: 70% Cocopeat 10% Vermiculite 5% Perlite 15% Plant Compost.

– Temp Preference: Warm (15°C: 23°C)

– Light Preference: Full sun, partial shade (minimum 14-18 hours)

– pH Range: 6.0 – 7.0

– EC/PPM: 0.8 – 1.8 / 400-900

– Color: Bright green

– Flavor: Mild bitter and fresh spice

– Parsley’s tolerance of a wide temperature range and EC range makes it an easy crop for farmers to add into their crop set

1- Prepare your soil mix and put your seeds at 1 cm depth.

2- Spray the seeds and cover them with a plastic case to accelerate the germination process, don’t forget to make holes in the plastic case for the seeds to breathe.

3- The seeds germinate within 3-4 weeks with good moisture.

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Harvesting

– Once parsley is established, you can begin harvesting outer leaves.

– Use a harvesting knife to cut the crop down to 5-7 cm from the face of the soil and keep it in the system to regrow. Another harvest may be taken about 3 weeks later.

– It will produce fresh leaves almost all year round, so you can harvest whenever you need.

– Grows up to 25 cm high.

– We recommend starting a new cycle for parsley after the third harvest.“;}

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Gigante D’italia Parsley – 2 Grams