Description of appearance
The lower part of the plant is a single tap root up to 28-35 centimeters long, white or gray-white in color, with a specific mild aroma, cone-shaped, completely immersed in the soil. The weight of the root crop reaches 90-110 grams. The rosette is semi-spreading.
The foliage is a rich dark emerald color, shiny, with equal segments, dissected, and has the shape of an elongated triangle. The edges of the leaves have a rim of small teeth. Foliage with a pronounced spicy aroma. Flowering occurs in a single umbrella inflorescence, small light green flowers, fruits are brown-green dry small seeds. The above-ground part of the plant is suitable for food.
Description of the parsley variety Bogatyr
Parsley Bogatyr is a spicy crop with excellent characteristics. Thanks to its cold resistance, shade tolerance and early ripening to obtain aromatic greens, it can be grown throughout the Russian Federation.
In the photo and in the garden, parsley Bogatyr is a bushy plant about 40 cm high. The rosettes are semi-spreading, with long, fleshy petioles of light green color. The leaf blades are large, triangular, strongly dissected, consisting of three parts with dark green leaves with finely serrated edges.
In the middle zone, Bogatyr parsley most often acts as an annual crop. Umbrellas with small inflorescences of a greenish tint appear in late summer or early autumn. By this time, its tap root takes the form of a light gray root vegetable. Its length reaches 15-25 cm, and its weight is 95-100 grams. The resulting seeds are small, flat-round, brown in color.
Attention! Most manufacturers and sellers of Bogatyr parsley seeds talk about it as a variety. But sometimes information slips through that the spicy culture is a hybrid. The last opinion is incorrect. Seed material retains its quality characteristics for several years and can be harvested by vegetable growers themselves.
Parsley Bogatyr has an excellent spicy taste and bright aroma. It is for the aroma and fresh appearance that persists for a long time after cutting that vegetable growers value this variety.
The Bogatyr variety is relatively unpretentious. To say that he does not need special care is not allowed by his tendency to certain diseases, which requires additional preventive treatments. And also parsley’s insistence on maintaining a watering schedule. Moisture deficiency leads to leaf stiffness and loss of taste. Its excess often causes the activation of spores of pathogenic fungi.
Photo
Next in the photo you can see what Bogatyr leaf parsley looks like.
Characteristics of the variety
Value
This variety is valued for its pronounced spicy aroma, high yield, frost resistance, shade tolerance, rapid growth of foliage after cutting, medicinal properties in relation to the genitourinary system, attractive presentation and good shelf life, good bunching properties, long shelf life.
Productivity
From 1 square meter, up to 2.0-3.0 kg of plants are collected (20,000-30,000 kg per 1 hectare).
Maturation period
Technical maturity occurs 80-90 days from sowing.
Attention! It is recommended to harvest in late August - early September, and under favorable climate conditions - in October.
Sowing time
Seeds are sown in late April or early May.
Resistance to diseases and pests
This variety exhibits low resistance to diseases and pests, which is facilitated by the frequent proximity of other infected crops and the lack of seed treatment by the manufacturer. The variety is susceptible to the following diseases: melon aphid, white rot, rust, carrot psyllid, carrot fly, onion and garlic stem nematode, white spot.
The variety is resistant to the following pathogens: wet rot, sclerotinia.
The weight of the fruit ranges from 90 to 110 grams.
Flowering occurs in late June or early July, after which ovoid achenes with small, rich brown seeds are formed.
The plant is highly resistant to frost and frost. When sown for winter, up to 70-85% of seeds survive. Withstands frosts down to minus 5-7 degrees.
Does parsley need feeding?
If the soil is fertile and nutritious, the greens will grow juicy without additional fertilizer. But it is advisable to fertilize beds on poor sandy soils by watering the bushes at the root several times a season with an infusion based on manure or grass.
Growing parsley does not seem to be a difficult task at first glance. Many gardeners grow parsley according to the “residual trait.” But there are several simple rules for growing parsley that you need to know to get a high yield. Parsley is one of the most popular green herb vegetables. It is a source of vitamins, valuable salts and microelements for humans. Gardeners can grow green parsley at any time of the year using special techniques. There are 2 types of parsley: leaf and root. Leafy differs in that it produces a lot of greenery. It, in turn, is divided into 2 groups: ordinary leaf and curly leaf. Many people grow the old variety Common Leaf, which produces a large, lush rosette. Of the modern varieties, Breeze parsley is especially productive with beautiful delicate leaves, which does not lie down and is stored for a long time. Fragrant Titan is suitable for fresh consumption and drying. Tender Gloria grows back well after cutting, its underground parts overwinter and quickly produce fresh greenery in the spring. The Beads variety has an unusually delicate leaf blade with a thin petiole and high aromaticity, perfect for fresh consumption, freezing, drying and canning. Italian giant is a mid-season, smooth-leaved variety with large aromatic leaves that grows back well after cutting. Bogatyr leaf parsley is simply universal. Intricate “hairstyle” Curly parsley is shorter than regular parsley, has elegant leaves with strongly wavy, corrugated edges, does not fade for a long time after cutting, maintaining freshness and elasticity. This parsley is tougher. It is often used to decorate dishes. We can recommend the Moskrause variety - drought-resistant, with small aromatic curly leaves. Esmeralda with bright green, strongly corrugated and curled decorative leaves with a pleasant taste and aroma, which grows well after cutting, is also suitable. Parsley is an unpretentious plant. Good cold resistance allows it to tolerate frosts down to –9 degrees, so it overwinters well under the snow. Seeds begin to germinate at a temperature of +3...+4 degrees, although it takes a very long time (up to 30 days). This is due to the high content of essential oils, which prevent germination. Guides recommend sowing parsley as early as possible. But weeds, which grow much faster, manage to fill the entire bed within a month, so there is a need for weeding. And the seedlings require thinning. These two labor-intensive operations are the “bottleneck” in the technology of growing parsley. Therefore, I prefer to first grow leaf parsley seedlings and then plant them in soil that has already been cleared of weeds. You can get seedlings by growing them on the windowsill of a city apartment, starting in March. I would like to remind you that it is not advisable to grow root parsley in this way, since during transplantation the main root from which the root crop is formed is damaged and torn off. The advantage of the seedling method is that before planting in the garden, parsley grows in favorable conditions, so by mid-summer it already forms large bushes. A dozen of these plants are enough to meet the family’s needs for this vegetable crop. Although seedlings are extra worries, they are completely justified. I have been growing parsley this way for several years and am very pleased with the results. The Italian Giant and Gloria varieties are most suitable for seedlings.
Where to start growing parsley:
To remove essential oils from seeds, I soak them for 3-4 days in warm water, which I change 2-3 times a day. Then I place it in a growth stimulator solution for 10–12 hours. I sow thickly in small plastic food boxes with a volume of 250–500 ml with drainage holes. The basis for the planting mixture is purchased peat soil with the addition of washed river sand, perlite or vermiculite in a ratio of 4:1 by volume. It would be a good idea to add a hydrogel swollen in water to the mixture to increase the moisture capacity of the soil. I fill the prepared containers with soil, be sure to moisten it with a biofungicide solution and sow the seeds to a depth of 0.5–0.8 cm. I plant the seedlings at the stage of 1–2 true leaves into standard disposable plastic cassettes for 6–9 places. A few hours before picking, the seedlings in the school should be watered generously with warm water and sprinkled with a growth regulator. After all, replanting is stressful for the plant. When planting, I bury the seedling down to the cotyledon leaves, then water it with humate, which promotes rapid rooting. The seedlings are unpretentious and require moderate watering in sunny weather with settled water. If the plants develop poorly, you can feed them with a solution of water-soluble complex mineral fertilizer, preferably with microelements (1 teaspoon per 3 liters of water). You can plant parsley in open ground from the end of April on a well-prepared bed according to the 25×25 cm pattern. The soil should be fertile, light in texture, neutral in acidity. When digging, I add one half-full bucket of well-rotted compost, 2 tbsp. spoons of complex fertilizer, 1 glass of ash per 1 m2 of ridge. The soil needs to be prepared a week before planting seedlings. I water the soil generously with a solution of biological fungicide and cover it with film. I water the planted seedlings with a humate solution. At the stage of 5–7 true leaves, I provide mineral fertilizing with complex fertilizer (1 tablespoon per 10 liters of water), combining it with watering. I carry out 2 more feedings at intervals of 2 weeks. After watering, you can add wood ash.
On the topic of growing parsley:
If the cut parsley remained overwintering on the ridge, then in the spring after the snow melts, it is cleared of mulch and watered with a warm solution of urea - 1 tbsp. spoon without top for 10 liters of water. The soil needs to be loosened and covered with lutrasil. Soon the greenery will grow and can be used until the flower shoot appears and the leaves become tough.
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Curly parsley Curly Sue.
Parsley Bogatyr
Parsley can be obtained at home in two ways: by sowing seeds in the ground and by forcing them from harvested roots. The second method, although it requires some preliminary preparation, is generally simpler. Even if you haven’t prepared planting material in the fall, you can look for high-quality root crops for forcing in the vegetable departments of stores.
For our purposes, unconditionally healthy medium-sized root vegetables (30-60 g in weight) without signs of wilting are suitable. They must retain the apical bud - heavily pruned plants will not produce greenery.
Having well moistened the soil in a box or flower pot, we plant root crops, covering their tops with soil. Too long ones can be cut off (the cut is sprinkled with coal to avoid rot) or planted at an angle. The latter option is considered even more preferable than the usual landing. If you grow parsley from seeds , you need to take into account two nuances: the plant is light-loving, and its seeds germinate rather slowly. When sowing, the containers with parsley were not positioned very well relative to the light source, and the seedlings immediately began to stretch out. And it was possible to speed up germination by pre-soaking the seeds in Gumi solution (I will definitely tell you more about this wonderful preparation someday).
Parsley is not afraid of cold weather, so it feels great on the windowsill. The plant also does not have any special requirements for moisture - we water it as needed, depending on the conditions in the room. I traditionally apply hydrogel to all such plantings, so I usually don’t have any problems with watering my home garden.
Fresh herbs are a tasty and healthy addition to many dishes. But if you have ever bought parsley in a store in winter, you should know how tasteless it is. Firstly, it’s rude, because... usually overgrown. Secondly, it is dark green in color, which sometimes indicates the presence of nitrates in it. And thirdly, it is certainly not as fragrant as homemade, grown in the garden.
What varieties of parsley are suitable for the windowsill?
Not much depends on the variety, but it is desirable that it be early ripening . Early-ripening varieties of parsley can be cut 10 days earlier than mid- and late-ripening varieties.
The following varieties can be classified as early ripening: Astra, Gloria, Ordinary Leaf, Beads, Emerald Lace, Morning Freshness, Russian Feast, Fitness, Green Pearl, Vorozheya, Grandmother's Garden, Fragrant Alley, etc.
Please note: varieties of both regular leaf parsley and curly parsley are listed here. It is believed that the curly one is better suited for decorating dishes, although personally I prefer the regular one.
Differences from other leaf varieties
This variety has the following differences:
- Shows high resistance to shady places, low and high temperatures.
- The root does not sit firmly in the soil, making it easily pulled out.
- Pronounced aroma with high extractive properties (increases appetite).
- Can reproduce by self-sowing.
- Quickly gains large leaf mass with natural thinning.
- Allows harvesting several times during the growth period.
- Suitable for forcing greenery during winter and early autumn.
Caring for parsley seedlings after germination
You can get strong seedlings only through careful care and creating conditions for plant development.
Lighting
Seedlings need to be provided with a day length of about 12 hours. If there is a lack of natural light, you need to use artificial light from LED and phyto lamps, which are turned on in the evening and in cloudy weather. In April and May, parsley foliage should be protected from the bright sun, creating shading. Otherwise, the seedlings get burned, turn yellow and dry out.
Temperature
The optimal temperature for the growth and development of parsley seedlings is +20 ⁰С. Heat-insulating material should be placed under containers and pots placed on a cold windowsill to prevent the roots from freezing and rotting. Seedlings must be reliably protected from drafts and at the same time ensure good ventilation.
Parsley needs a lot of light and heat to grow and develop.
Watering
Parsley loves water. To moisten the soil, use warm, settled liquid. Watering the seedlings is carried out as the soil dries, using a spray bottle, a syringe or a watering can with a long spout. Moisten the smallest plants with special care. After each procedure, the soil is carefully loosened.
Thinning and picking
After the emergence of seedlings, you need to pay attention to their density. One plant should have five square centimeters of area. To prevent seedlings from stretching out, the excess ones are removed or planted in separate containers. Parsley seedlings do not bend if the pots and containers are periodically turned on different sides to the sunlight.
Transplanting seedlings into open ground
As soon as stable warm weather arrives and the ground warms up, the strengthened parsley seedlings are planted in open ground. The soil is prepared in advance - in the fall, they dig deep, add organic matter, and add sand and sawdust to the clay soil. In early spring, it is loosened, ridges are formed, and covered with film to warm it up better.
Seedlings are placed in a permanent place late in the evening or in the morning in cloudy weather. Planted in rows, leaving a gap of 10 cm and 5 cm between plants.
Between the rows of parsley you can sow late cabbage for seedlings
The easiest way to plant parsley grown in peat cups or tablets. They are lowered into the prepared holes, lightly sprinkled with soil and watered. Seedlings in plastic containers need to be watered abundantly in advance, so that later you can remove the plant along with the earthen ball and plant it on the ridge without damaging the root system.
A Brief History of Breeding
The variety of leaf parsley “Bogatyr” was bred at the beginning of the twentieth century and received its name for its strong resistance to adverse environmental factors.
Numerous genetic and molecular studies in the field of umbrella biology have made it possible to identify varieties that have both optimal physical and chemical properties of the composition, as well as pleasant taste and good presentation. By mixing parent plants, it was possible to form and consolidate in gardening a special hybrid variety that has all the specified qualities.
Caring for parsley seedlings after germination
As soon as the first shoots appear, the shelter can be removed and the planting container itself can be quickly moved to a bright place, for example, on the brightest window sill (optimally southern). Or provide additional illumination with phytolamps or their LED analogues. In this case, the temperature should be kept at +16-20 degrees.
Young parsley seedlings do not require special care. It should only be watered as the soil dries , preferably along the edge of the container or, for example, from a syringe or syringe (enema).
As a rule, gardeners do not resort to picking parsley seedlings, even despite its dense crops. But just for fun, you can, of course, try to do this when it has 2-3 true leaves (that is, about 4 weeks after planting).
root parsley for seedlings , then you shouldn’t dive .
Instead of picking, it is better to thin out the parsley seedlings: the first - after the formation of 1-2 true leaves, the second - after 3-4 leaves.
Planting seedlings in open ground
It is worth planting parsley seedlings in a garden bed in open ground at the age of 1.5 months, that is, if you plant them in mid-March, then the planting date will be in early May .
Parsley is not afraid of returning spring frosts.
Parsley is a rather unpretentious plant in terms of location and growing conditions: it can grow in sunny areas and in shaded corners of the garden. Moreover, in the shade, according to some gardeners, it turns out even more juicy and tasty (the crop is shade-tolerant). But in the scorching sun it becomes a bit dry in taste. Moreover, if you have sandy soil, then to prevent it from drying out quickly (you will have to water it often in any case), you need to plant it in the shade (partial shade).
By the way! It is convenient to plant this greenery next to fruit trees. If dill under the apple tree, then the parsley will grow very well.
Onion sets and even strawberries can also be good neighbors . In general, parsley is great for mixed plantings.
Chemical composition
The plant contains the following vitamins:
- riboflavin;
- pantothenic acid;
- thiamine;
- folic acid;
- pyridoxine;
- beta-carotenoids;
- routine;
- tocopherols;
- ascorbic acid;
- phylloquinone (vitamin K);
- retinol;
- vitamin PP;
- choline
Important! The calorie content is 95 Kcal, the amount of protein is 7.5 g, fat is 1.5 g, carbohydrates are 8.8 g per 100 grams.
Micro- and macroelements are represented by copper, sodium, iron, zinc ions, magnesium compounds, potassium, phosphorus and calcium, manganese, selenium, as well as essential oils, dietary fiber, and fatty acids.
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Application
Intended for use of green leaves and petioles in cooking. The edible part of the plant is used fresh, frozen, dried, blanched, fried, boiled, steamed, as an additive to first and second courses or decoration.
also used as a medicinal plant for people with kidney and urinary tract diseases. Suitable for long-term storage in dried form (up to 4-5 months) and forcing leaves in winter.
Step-by-step instructions for growing
Landing
This variety is light-loving and prefers fertile, well-drained loose soil. The soil should be light, fertilized with humus at the rate of 3-4 kilograms per square meter. A slight acidification of the soil is allowed. The optimal predecessors of the Bogatyr variety are all types of cabbage, onions and garlic, potatoes, turnips, radishes, nightshades, and eggplants.
It is recommended to plant this variety after parsley, other celery, carrots, and cilantro no earlier than 3-4 years later. This variety is planted near berry crops due to its aroma, which repels slugs, phylloxera and aphids.
Sowing is carried out in April-May in furrows to a depth of 1.0-1.5 cm, following the developed pattern of 20x8cm. Up to 5-6 grams of seeds are sown per square meter. After sowing, the furrows are sprinkled with quicklime, covered with earth on top and compacted. The soil needs to be mulched. The first shoots appear 14-18 days after planting.
Care
Ongoing events:
- Caring for seeds - before sowing, it is recommended to soak them for 1-3 days and change the water twice. 2-3 hours before sowing, the seeds are placed in a weak solution of potassium permanganate (1:5000).
- Caring for seedlings - it is not recommended to allow the soil to dry out or become excessively moist. Watering should be moderate, after which the soil should be loosened immediately. For optimal growth, it is necessary to remove weak seedlings, as well as thinning the seedlings: the first time - when the seedlings have 3-4 leaves (to a distance of 3-4 centimeters between them), the second time - after 10-14 days (to a distance of 5- 10 centimeters). Natural thinning (collecting leaves for consumption) is preferable.
- Compliance with thermal conditions - the optimal temperature for growth is 15-18 degrees. When the temperature drops, plant growth slows down, and when the temperature rises, drying begins.
- Taking into account the length of daylight hours in the region.
- Removing weeds at least once every 10 days.
- Loosen the soil after each watering and prevent the formation of a crust, which will lead to stagnation of moisture and rotting of the roots.
- Mulching for protection from wind and weeds, as well as for additional nutrition.
- Feeding is recommended up to 2-3 times per season. It is recommended to use potassium fertilizers, as well as ash according to standard schemes.
Harvest and storage
Parsley of this variety is harvested at the end of August-September, depending on climate conditions and care.
Reference! The upper part of the plant is cut off, cleared of soil, washed, dried and stored in a cool, dry place for up to 5 months or sent for freezing. Some of the greens are used for cooking.
Storing roots: root vegetables are used for forcing greens in winter.
Seed storage: ripened seeds are stored in fabric bags at a temperature of 15-20 degrees.
There are other leafy varieties of parsley. For example, on our website there is a description and rules for growing Italian Giant parsley.
How and when to sow
And although it is possible to grow parsley using the seedling method, most gardeners refuse it because they do not want to make their life more difficult. Sowing parsley in open areas should be done at the end of April or in the fall. Leaf parsley can be sown using the conveyor method every 2 weeks. This will allow you to delight your loved ones with fresh herbs all summer long.
For cultivation, it is worth choosing a carefully lit area with light, loose, fertile and not very wet soil. It is best to use light loams and sandy loams, whose hydrogen values are 6.5 -7. You should not plant parsley in areas with high groundwater levels. If this problem occurs, then it is worth preparing high beds for parsley.
It will also be interesting to learn about how dill is grown on a windowsill.
The video shows how to plant parsley in open ground with seeds:
You can get a high yield of parsley if the following crops previously grew in the selected area:
Before planting parsley, it is necessary to prepare the site in the fall. First, add manure to the ground. Do this at the time of digging. There are 4-5 kg per 1 m2. If there is no manure, then mineral fertilizers can be used.
They need to be applied only in the spring and before planting. If parsley is planted for the winter, then it is worth applying fertilizers along with manure or compost.
Since dry planting material will germinate slowly, before planting it it is necessary to soak the seeds for 30 minutes in water. Then lay them out and dry them. Make grooves in the selected area, the depth of which is 1-1.5 cm. They should be at a distance of 1 m. When the seeds are sent into the grooves, sprinkle them with earth and water them.
But this video will help you understand how root parsley is grown from seeds.
It will also be interesting to know whether it is worth soaking tomato seeds before planting.
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Disease and pest control
Pest control methods include:
- Regular loosening of the soil and preventing excessive acidification.
- For sowing neighboring crops, it is advisable to choose seeds treated with fungicides.
- Compliance with crop rotation rules. Plants of the first and second generation are planted at a distance from each other.
- Avoiding overwatering.
- Treat the plant at the first signs of disease with Bordeaux mixture, 1% boric acid. If the damage is limited, diseased plants must be removed from the garden bed.
- Compliance with seed storage rules.
Leaf parsley “Bogatyr” is one of the most aromatic representatives of the Umbelliferae family, having both good taste and medicinal effects. The variety has a unique vitamin and mineral composition, which makes it an indispensable crop in vegetable growing, a useful and bright decoration for any table.
How to sow seeds in open ground?
In order for parsley seeds to germinate better, the area under the beds should be well loosened - dig up the soil and level the surface with a rake. But if you have a Fokin flat cutter, you won’t need a shovel anymore - just walk it through future beds.
If desired, you can make grooves or simply scatter the seeds over the designated area. Then water generously. For the first time (7-10 days), the beds can be covered with spandbond or film so that seedlings appear faster.
To speed up the germination of seeds, before sowing they must be washed in well-warm water to remove the film from essential oils.
