Parsley root. Its cultivation should be carried out on fertile soils - loamy or sandy loam. Humus or compost (up to 5 kg per square meter) is added to soil poor in organic matter. The best predecessors for this crop are tomatoes, cucumbers, onions.
To obtain early seedlings, the seeds are soaked in a warm solution of potassium permanganate for 10 hours, then dried to flowability. Root parsley is sown in early spring. Seed consumption - 5 g per 10 square meters. meters. Plants do not tolerate crowding. Their optimal amount is 30 pcs. per 1 running meter. Parsley can be planted in the winter, so that the seedlings appear as early as possible, and by the end of the growing season the root crops have gained good weight and a sufficient amount of nutrients. Parsley root , the cultivation of which does not require much effort, still needs regular watering and weeding. Excessive hydration is not necessary. This culture is responsive to cultivating row-spacings. It saturates the soil with oxygen and allows the roots to receive it in sufficient volume. It is desirable to carry out cultivation after watering, in sunny weather, so that the weeds immediately dry.
For a crop such as root parsley, cultivation will not be successful if you do not feed plantings during the growing season. The first liquid fertilizing with mineral fertilizers is carried out in the phase of 2-3 of these leaves. To do this, take 70 grams of nitrophosphate per 10 liters of water. After watering with this solution, you need to sprinkle to wash it off the leaves. The second top dressing is carried out in a month, and the third, already without nitrogen, - a month before harvesting root crops.
Parsley should be stored until frost so that it can dry slightly in the sun. Root crops are dug up, the tops are cut, and parsley is placed in a container with sand. Root parsley is stored at a temperature of 0 to +2 degrees. Small, curved, damaged root crops are not suitable for storage. They are usually washed, cleaned, crushed (with greens) and dried.
Diseases and pests, like all garden plants, affects parsley root. Growing it will not be effective if you do not respond in time to such troubles. White coating on cuttings and leaves speaks of powdery mildew. It affects plants in rainy weather and dramatically reduces the taste of root crops. The softness of root crops and the presence of white or brown mycelium on them indicates white or gray rot, respectively. White spots appearing on leaves in August are signs of septoria (white spotting). Another disease is rust. It can be distinguished by first yellow cushions, and then brown spots on the bottom of the leaf and stem.
Pests are also able to destroy the crop. Green carrot flea eats parsley juice. Carrot fly lives in root crops, while the leaves of the affected plant acquire a purple hue. Nematode causes deformation of the green mass. Melon aphid settles in colonies on the underside of the leaf and causes drying of the bushes.
It should be noted that root parsley is little susceptible to diseases and pests. But do not grow it next to carrots.