Kerbel

Tipps:

• Kerbel kann bereits ab Märze gesät werden.
• Da er jung am besten schmeckt und sowohl Ameisen als auch Blattläuse und Schnecken auch von seiner Nachbarkultur fern hält, empfiehlt es sich, ihn in mehreren Sätzen auszusäen.

Prefers a well-drained moisture retentive soil. Plants dislike hot dry summers, it is best to give summer crops a cool shady position but winter crops require a sunny position. Tolerates a pH in the range 5.8 to 7.6. Plants are hardy to about -10°c. Chervil is occasionally cultivated as a salad plant, especially in France. There are some named varieties. It can supply fresh leaves all year round from successional sowings, especially if given some protection in winter. Although a biennial, it is usually cultivated as an annual. It often self-sows when grown in a suitable position. Be careful if harvesting this plant from the wild because it is superficially similar to some poisonous species such as young plants of hemlock, Conium maculatum. Chervil is an aromatic plant with pleasantly scented leaves. It is said to be a good companion plant for growing with carrots and radishes, the radishes becoming hotter and crisper. It also grows well with dill and coriander. When grown with lettuces it is said to protect them from aphids and ants, the plant is also said to repel slugs.

Edible Parts: Leaves Root Edible Uses: Condiment Edible leaves - raw in salads or used as a flavouring in cooked foods such as soups and stews. A mild aromatic flavour that is suggestive of aniseed. The leaves are often used as a flavouring, they form the basis of the seasoning 'fines herbes' and are an essential ingredient of 'bouquet garni'. The leaves should always be used fresh because the delicate flavour does not withstand drying or prolonged cooking. The leaves are ready for harvesting in about 8 weeks from sowing, the plant responds well to cut and come again harvesting. The flowers are used as a seasoning. The root is said to be edible.

Repellent The growing plant is said to repel slugs.

Heimisch: Albania, Austria, BR, Baleares, Bulgaria, DK, England [I] (England [I], Wales [I], Isle of Man [I], Scotland [I]); Ireland [I] (Ireland [I], Northern Ireland [I]); Denmark [I]; Netherlands [I]; Belgium [I]; Germany (Brandenburg [I], Berlin [I], Baden-Württemberg [I], Bayern, Hessen, Hessen [I], Mecklenburg-Vorpommern [I], Niedersachsen [I], Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Schleswig-Holstein [I], Sachsen [I], Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Switzerland [I]; Austria; Poland [I]; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; Spain [I]; France [I]; Channel Isl. [I] (Guernsey [I]); Italy [I]; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; Greece (N- & C-Greece); Estonia [I]; Latvia [I]; Lithuania [I]; NW-European Russia; S-European Russia; Moldova; Ukraine; Crimea; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; Cameroon [I]; Turkmenistan; Kyrgyzstan [I]; Tajikistan [I]; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Turkey (Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, SE-Anatolia); Iraq (NE-Iraq); Iran (N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan); Cyprus; Java [I]; Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I]); Greenland [I]; Canada [I] (British Columbia [I], Ontario [I], Québec [I]); USA [I] (Connecticut [I], Illinois [I], Montana [I], New Jersey [I], New York [I], Oregon [I], Pennsylvania [I], South Carolina [I], Virginia [I], Washington State [I]), Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., North America, North Caucasus, Poland, Romania, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine Eingeführt: Algeria, Austria, BG, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Brussels-Capital Region, Bulgaria, CA, CZ, California, Cameroon, Connecticut, Corse, Czech Republic, Czechia-Slovakia, DK, Denmark, EE, Egypt, Finland, Flemish Region, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Illinois, Ireland, Italy, Kirgizstan, Laos, Libya, Montana, Morocco, Netherlands, New Jersey, New York, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Portugal, Quebec, Québec, South Carolina, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Tadzhikistan, Tunisia, Vermont, Virginia, Walloon Region, Washington, West Virginia