Parsley Defoliation Introduction Parsley (Petroselinum crispum) is a biennial herb commonly grown in household gardens. Biennial herb meaning only able to be grown at certain times of the year. It is most used for flavoring of salads and other foods. The fresh parsley leaves can be eaten to make your breath fresher after eating onions and other stuff that leaves a bad taste or smells bad. In this experiment we had to determine whether periodic …
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…important information. That defoliating one leaf may be better in the long run of the crop yield. But defoliating more than one leaf may stunt the growth of the leaf. Also that leaving the plant alone is better than defoliating more than one leaf. So in conclusion I believe defoliation is good in most cases to increase crop yield but in some cases can be too much so that it slows the growth. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**