Not really a beginner but I do have a Q...

I made HUGE mistake last year by not pulling some parsley before it went to seed. (I had medical issues and couldn't get out there.) Oh dear! Now I have seedlings all over the place. I'm afraid the only way to get them out is to pull the little buggers one by one.

True? Or is there something else I can do?

Wait until they are bigger and easier to grasp, then wait for a good rain. When the soil is moist, they will pull out easier. You might want to leave some, they are good for butterfly larva and beneficial insects, not too mention the culinary benefits! I'm actually planting parsley throughout my garden this year because of its ecological value. I'm a big fan of the self-sown garden, and have successfully seeded my garden with cleome, verbena bonariensis, and nicotiana. Instead of starting seeds or buying plants, I let the seeds germinate naturally and just weed out seedlings if they are in the wrong place or too crowded. They can be moved around, too.

How long will it take my yellow primrose lilac to grow, right now it is only 5 inches tall and so far it has new leaves on it and seems to be doing great!

I'll have to weed them out as I find them, I guess. I've been out every day for a week and have only gotten about half of them.

If you really want to just kill them -- and they are not where other plants are -- you could chop them up with a hoe or little cultivator -- then mulch right over them and they'd likely suffocate. Or --- you could selectively pour boiling water over them from your tea kettle -- but what a waste -- I'd let them grow and harvest and dry them as they get big enough.

Theresa

There are, literally, a thousand seedlings. Or there were. Now there's only a couple of hundered. They are amongst other plants and seedlings. I wouldn't keep that many. My bed isn't big enough to support that many. ☺

I think if you use a hoe, or a hand cultivator, and just scratch up the seedings, you will reduce your need for handpulling. You'll probably cut down the amount of seedlings enough that you can wait until those that are lef are a little bigger and easier to pull up.

Yes, that's what I'm doing. It's hard to see all those little plants go but...

I have to do a lot a hand-pulling, too, because they're in between the ones I want to keep. I'll get a pick tomorrow.

wow--i will have to watch my parsley--new to herbs and wouldn't have known you could get all those seeds from a plant!

It's apparently a biennial. It grew the first year and bloomed the second. Or a perennial? Some of it is still growing off the old roots.

bloomed as in flowers? or just seeds?

Bloomed with really pretty and tiny white flowers then went to seed over the winter.

oh--too bad they make such pretty little blooms but you can't let them bloom unless you want them to take over : (

You can let them bloom...just make sure to cut them off before they start to go to seed.

ohhhhhhhhh--best of both!

Which is where my problem originated. I let them go after blooming. (sigh)