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"Peter Costigan" <pete@somewhere.on.net> wrote in message 
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> We have had a row of parsley which were quite large start to rot off at 
> the crown.  The roots look good, but the crown goes mushy.  The first sign 
> is yellowing of the leaves and then the whole plant collapses within a day 
> or two.  Over a few weeks a row of about 20 plants have gone.
>
> Any clues?  We are in the Southern Highlands NSW.
>
> thanks,
> Pete

How old are the plants? Summer usually makes them bolt to seed in the second 
year and crowns will go off then. Mine that I grew from seed and planted 6 
months ago are a mass of green leaves. They have not developed a parsnip 
coloured trunk if that is what you mean by crown. 2 years is old for a 
parsley and summer is the harshest time for them.

If they are young plants then I'd be thinking a fungal problem or something 
like carrot fly (not sure it is in Aus) being the cause.

I found this handbook on Parsley 
http://www.vgavic.org.au/research_and_development/Researchers_PDFs/parsley_disease_handbook.htm 

Peter Costigan wrote:
> We have had a row of parsley which were quite large start to rot off at 
> the crown.  The roots look good, but the crown goes mushy.  The first 
> sign is yellowing of the leaves and then the whole plant collapses 
> within a day or two.  Over a few weeks a row of about 20 plants have gone.
> 
> Any clues?  We are in the Southern Highlands NSW.

Do you get a lot of misty weather? I'm thinking fungal, but I've also 
seen crown rot in carrots from borers/grubs.

Our flat parsley is a continual self sown pest/green mulch and it is one 
thing that does grow well here.

"Peter Costigan" <pete@somewhere.on.net> wrote in message

> We have had a row of parsley which were quite large start to rot off at 
> the crown.  The roots look good, but the crown goes mushy.  The first sign 
> is yellowing of the leaves and then the whole plant collapses within a day 
> or two.  Over a few weeks a row of about 20 plants have gone.
>
> Any clues?  We are in the Southern Highlands NSW.

What an interesting problem.  I've not come across it with my parsley and I 
grow the flat leaved (Italian) variety in abundance.  Terry's questiona 
about misty weather instantly brought Robertson to mind since I grew up near 
there.  I'd love to know what it is, so if you do ever find out, could you 
post here and let us know please? 

On Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:20:53 +1100, "Farm1"
<morrismuppet@optusnone.com.au> wrote:

>"Peter Costigan" <pete@somewhere.on.net> wrote in message
>
>> We have had a row of parsley which were quite large start to rot off at 
>> the crown.  The roots look good, but the crown goes mushy.  The first sign 
>> is yellowing of the leaves and then the whole plant collapses within a day 
>> or two.  Over a few weeks a row of about 20 plants have gone.
>>
>> Any clues?  We are in the Southern Highlands NSW.
>
>What an interesting problem.  I've not come across it with my parsley and I 
>grow the flat leaved (Italian) variety in abundance.  Terry's questiona 
>about misty weather instantly brought Robertson to mind since I grew up near 
>there.  I'd love to know what it is, so if you do ever find out, could you 
>post here and let us know please? 
>
Check your drainage. I had this happen, I had not noticed that the
pots were waterlogged.

JB

On 17/01/12 5:21 PM, Peter Costigan wrote:
> We have had a row of parsley which were quite large start to rot off at
> the crown. The roots look good, but the crown goes mushy. The first sign
> is yellowing of the leaves and then the whole plant collapses within a
> day or two. Over a few weeks a row of about 20 plants have gone.
>
> Any clues? We are in the Southern Highlands NSW.
>
> thanks,
> Pete
Thanks for all the comments.  I don't think the soil is waterlogged, but 
I have planted some in pots as an alternative.  We are down to one plant 
in the garden.  We do not get misty weather at this time of year.  The 
handbook Loosecanon pointed me to is very interesting (thanks) and I 
guess one of the problems in there is the one I am experiencing, but it 
is hard to nail it exactly.  I have now bought some Italian parsley and 
will see how that goes.  We got our plants from our local Harris Farm 
Market in Bowral.  We got an enormous number of plants, so gave many to 
the daughter in Wollongong and they are powering on, so it is a problem 
here, not the seedlings themselves.

We will persevere.

cheers,
Pete

On Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:20:53 +1100, "Farm1"
<morrismuppet@optusnone.com.au> wrote:

>"Peter Costigan" <pete@somewhere.on.net> wrote in message
>
>> We have had a row of parsley which were quite large start to rot off at 
>> the crown.  The roots look good, but the crown goes mushy.  The first sign 
>> is yellowing of the leaves and then the whole plant collapses within a day 
>> or two.  Over a few weeks a row of about 20 plants have gone.
>>
>> Any clues?  We are in the Southern Highlands NSW.
>
>What an interesting problem.  I've not come across it with my parsley and I 
>grow the flat leaved (Italian) variety in abundance.  Terry's questiona 
>about misty weather instantly brought Robertson to mind since I grew up near 
>there. 

I miss the Robertson pie shop. I used to live at Kiama until 4 years
ago, and would make a special run to that pie shop from time to time.
It was a nice drive anyway... aside from when the occasional idiot in
a semi would attempt Maquarie pass and end up stuck and blocking the
road!

Sorry to the OP, doesn't solve your parsley problem. I've never heard
of that happening before, although I do have a similar problem with
Rosemary dying off. Not sure if it's the very wet weather we get
during winter, or if it's just plain too cold here (N.E Tas) during
winter for Rosemary.