(Continued From Top) - Chervil is a common herb related to the parsley family, and has a nice fresh, airy flavor that will accent any salad or other mild dish. Micro chervil seeds for microgreens. 

Chervil microgreens may not be the first microgreens people think of, but perhaps they should be! When grown right, chervil microgreens are a nutritious way to perfectly season your dinner! The lush foliage makes chervil microgreens a lively-looking bunch, complete with an herby aroma. Compared to other microgreens, micro chervil takes a while to grow. It needs 12 - 26 days of careful cultivation before being ready for harvest. While it’s still fairly easy to grow, chervil microgreens need a bit more maintenance, including proper watering, good air circulation, and possibly extra soil nutrients.

Start Chervil seeds and grow this popular annual that is considered to be both a medicinal herb as well as a culinary herb. Chervil, also known as French Parsley, is also an attractive plant with finely-divided, fern-like leaves. It likes a position in the shade during the hottest part of the day. If it is positioned in full sun, the delicate foliage can suffer and become burned and bleached. Chervil French Parsley is fast growing and harvesting can be as soon as 8 weeks after planting the herb seeds. Some gardeners will sow the Chervil seeds in successive plantings to keep a constant supply of leaves.

For culinary use, both the roots and leaves are used. The French Parsley herb roots can be harvested in mid-summer and stored like a potato for later use in soups. The leaves are the most widely-used and have an anise-parsley flavor. Chervil leaves are a great addition to salads and soups. The flavor lends itself well to fish, crab, meats, vegetables and sauces. Chervil also had a therapeutic property being used as a diuretic and for skin ailments.

How To Grow Chervil From Seed: Sow Chervil seeds directly in prepared seedbeds. Sow the herb seeds shallowly and barley cover. Keep the French Parsley herb seeds moist until germination. Chervil herb plants need moisture, but it is best to let them dry out in-between waterings. Keep the flowers cut to encourage leaf growth, and harvest often, picking the outside leaves and allowing the younger leaves to grow. Harvest the leaves when the flavor is the best which is just before flowering and in cooler weather.

Harvesting: We generally only harvest cotyledons for microgreens, but micro chervil is different. Since they’re herbs, the true leaves can be harvested as well (as opposed to the bitter true leaves of most microgreen plants). So, you can wait until those delicious, first curled leaves grow in before harvesting. If you wait too long though, the plants and roots will quickly outgrow their sprouting trays. Try to harvest before the chervil microgreens stretch over 2 inches tall. Using clean kitchen shears, clip your chervil microgreens stems just above the soil surface. You can harvest them all at once or remove small bunches over a few days. Though new true leaves may regrow from remaining nodes if left on the stems, chervil takes so long to grow that it likely won’t have the energy to produce new leaves.

Note: Our seeds are perfect for growing both indoors and outdoors, allowing you to nurture your own green space regardless of the season. They are versatile, enabling you to germinate plants anytime, anywhere, whether it's inside your home or outside in your garden, opening up new possibilities for your gardening endeavors.