Imagine my sadness at seeing it slowly die, stem by stem, starting two weeks ago. There was nothing I'd done differently. Living in a high-rise, the only garden friends I've seen are earthworms and little snails. Grasshoppers make a rare appearance. I was flabbergasted.
" Why now ? Was it our change of weather ? Hah, perhaps it's just old age." I left it at that.
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| Curly-Leaf Parsley |
The reason was discovered purely by accident! I tended to my parsley plant as usual although it was by then, a pitiful sight. Faith kept me going ; a little fertiliser, loosening the soil. As I watered the plant, I noticed a lot a bugs fleeing out in the open! They look like sowbugs.
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| Sowbug? |
Oh gosh, I wondered if they'd gotten to the roots of my parsley plant since I'd never seen them before. After a night of contemplating what to do next, realisation sank in that it was probably best that I start over. I took the container of soil and solemnly bid farewell to my parsley as I binned it - soil and plant all in.
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| Bugs On My Curly-Leaf Parsley |
Adios, buddy. You will be missed. I speak only of my curly-leaf parsley. :(
Eeeewww! Bad bugs!!
ReplyDeleteYour beautiful and healthy parsley. I hope you plant a new one.
I have an Italian parsley. Not growing so well but it still survive.
They look pretty scary close up! Eeee..!! I plan to start planting right after CNY.
Deleteeeee.. so byk bugs, hate those bugs, geli and geram i tengok!
ReplyDeleteGeli, kan...I'm still going eeee here and eeeee there every time I think if it!
DeleteThose bugs really killed your beautiful parsley! I hope you plant a new one, Sharon.
ReplyDeleteI hope so too, Linda! Parsley is a slow-growing plant. :D
DeleteSorry about that, Sharon. My parsley plant was long dead already..good thing is the spring arrives soon!!
ReplyDeleteI can imagine how exciting it must be when spring arrives ..fresh herbs!
DeleteIt's too bad!
ReplyDeleteI wish things had turned out differently!
DeleteThese bugs easily spoil the plant and even spread the neighbouring plants at time.
ReplyDeleteI sure hope that's the last I see of them -_-
Deleteoh sayangnyeeee! the parsley look so delicious but that bugs really spoil it.
ReplyDeleteYa bah...haizzzz....!!
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