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Vegetables Endive, Fennel, Green Manure, Huckleberry, Kohl Rabi
Endive
(Cichorium endivia)
See Also Chicory
Sow
March-June thinly in shallow drills, sow in succession, 30cm between drills
thin to 30cm between plants. Harvest July to October
Ideal mixed with other salad leaves, cooked or added to soup. There are 2 types of Endive Frisee with frilly leaves and Escarole with broad leaves.
Av 1 gram Key AV = Average quantity of seeds in packet, click link to add to basket.
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Endive Bubikopf 2 Nummer Vijf 2 A broad leaved endive nice crisp and juicy. Runner up in the RHS taste test. 1g pkt Av 600 Seeds |
Florence Fennel
(Foeniculum vulgare)
Hardy perennial grown
for its anise flavoured bulbous root use very much the same as you would
celery, a very decorative plant.
Sow thinly 1cm deep April to
July, germinates at 10-30°C
spacing plants 20-30cm apart with 60cm between rows.
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Fennel Rondo
Organic Sourced A quick growing hybrid variety, fennel rondo produces uniform, round shaped bulbs. Matures approximately 75 days after transplanting |
Green manure is used to improve the soil fertility, increases the humus content, help to keep down weeds, loosen the soil, a covering for ground when not in use. Ideal to use when ground is not used for a period of 6 weeks or more or used in crop rotation. Large selection of green manure seeds.
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Green manure
Forage Rye Sowing rate 17g per sq metre. Green Manure Forage Rye sow August to November for turning in early April to May, suited to most soil types. The strong root system is especially suitable to heavy soils |
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Green manure Winter Mix A mix of green manure products tailored for use in the winter. Mix includes Crimson Clover, Broad Leaf Red Clover and White Tilney Mustard |
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Green manure Spring Mix A mix of green manure products tailored for use in the spring. Mix includes English Early Common Vetch and White Tilney Mustard. Sow at 1Kg / 330 sqm |
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Green manure Clover
Crimson Trifolium incarnatum Annual Green manure clover crimson, large crimson flowers that are really spectacular and loved by the bees. It is a shame to turn the plants in before they flower. Fixes Nitrogen, vigorous growth, Sow March to August if over wintering sow July to August. Broadcast sow rate 3 gram/sq m. Turn in before flowering. more ... |
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Green manure
Fenugreek Trigonella Hardy annual Leaf and seed is used. An ingredient in curry powder. Seed is cooked or sprouted and eaten raw having quite a strong spicy flavour, also used in pickles and spice mixes. Can be soaked for 12 hours in warm water and then allowed to sprout for 3 - 5 days they can then be used in salads or cooked. Roasted seed used as a coffee substitute. Also a good green manure crop. Sow March to August, sowing rate 250 grams per 55 sq m, turn in before flowering. |
Jicama (Yam Bean)
Pachyrhizus erosus
Kale see Borecole
Kohl Rabi
Kohl Rabi, Kohlrabi; An interesting vegetable well worth growing, a real
delicacy, can be eaten raw or cooked, it grows on top of the ground making it
easy to cultivate and harvest.
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Kohl Rabi Logo Organically Sourced baby veg. Pale green edible roots that can be harvested from quite a small size. Bolt resistant variety producing flat round tender bulbs. Sow from February to July early sowings raise indoors. A spring to autumn vegetable for the outdoor garden. Baby veg grow at closer density and harvest while young. more ... |
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Kohl Rabi Korfu A very versatile F1 green-skinned variety it can also be produced under glass for extra early sowings. Very little pithy tissue, flat round bulbs, slow bolting quick to mature . Under glass Sow January to August for harvesting mid March to November. Outdoors sow March to August for harvesting May to October. For normal size veg space 10x40cm, ideally suited to high density sowing for baby veg, space plants 3 cm apart. more ... |
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Rabi Delicacy White Much improved over the previous Vienna varieties, pale green semi globe roots with a crisp white flesh. more ... |
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Rabi Delicacy Purple A little later to mature than the white variety but slightly more tender and stronger flavoured. more ... |
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The cultural
information should be used as a guide only, I have found a number of different
sowing techniques for the same seed from different sources there does not seem
to be a standard. With this in mind you should use this website as a guide
only, you probably already have a tried and tested way of sowing different
seeds. As a rule of thumb the larger the seed size the more cover it requires,
and fine seed like Lobelia Begonia etc requires no cover.
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