[Market-farming] Introduction and Parsley question

grizzdover at gmail.com grizzdover at gmail.com
Sun Dec 20 08:36:52 EST 2009


Hello to the list!  Long time reader, first time poster.  My name is
Ben Saunders and I am the farm manager of a certified organic fruit
and veggie farm (Turtle Farm) located in Central Iowa. (zone 5a).  The
farm is 20 acres total but only 7 or 8 acres is in production at any
one time. The farm is supported mainly through a CSA program (160+
members) but we also do some on and off farm sales to individuals and
to restaurants.
We usually grow a bed of herbs to give out to the CSA each week.  This
year, the parsley bolted.  Did anyone else have this experience or
know why it happened?  My understanding is that parsley is a biannual
and should not flower from seed.  In our case, not really a production
altering question but just one of those I can't get off my mind.
Thanks in advance for the answer and to everyone that participates in this list.



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