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Salad Leaf / Oriental Vegetable Seeds

Oriental and speciality vegetable leaf

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Hong Vit - leaf radish

Hong Vit Leaf Radish           2g pkt       Av 150 seeds   £1.40
Radish - Raphanus sativus
A pink stemmed leaf radish. Fast growing with hairless leaves and pink stems, mild radish flavour. Harvest as baby leaves, baby veg or full sized  bunched leaves for soups, salads or stir fries.

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Radish Daikon
Av 1,000 seeds
Oriental Radish. Large long white tapered roots. Normally cut into strips and are Ideal in salads, roasted, stir-fried, grated.

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Saltwort seeds salsola komarovii, Known as 'Okahijiki' or Land seaweed

Saltwort or Okahijiki  Av 100 seeds   £1.40
salsola komarovii
Known as 'Okahijiki' or Land seaweed in Japan. A traditional Japanese culinary herb and Oriental Vegetable. Leaves are long and succulent with an appealing crunchy texture. Add tender young leaves to salads and sushi, steam longer stems for healthy side dishes. Rich in vitamins and minerals. Juice is used as a diuretic. Can be harvested at the seedling stage for micro greens or baby leaf stage for adding to salad mixtures.

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Spinach, New Zealand     5 gram pkt     Av 70 seeds       £1.15
Tetragonia
An alternative to spinach and can be picked throughout the summer and into the autumn, plants do not run to seed during the hot summers. Leaves are used raw or cooked, Young leaves used raw in salads. Sow in trays/pots plant out after last frosts in a sunny position. Or sow in situ in shallow drills 1cm deep, pinch out growing tip to make the plants bush out.

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Mustard Spinach Tendergreen     Av 400 seeds       £1.00
Brassica rapa var komatsuna
Popular salad and stir fry greens from Japan. The leaves are used raw or cooked and having a flavour between cabbage and the oriental mustards. Flowering stems are used raw or cooked. Position in full sun, kept moist, a hardy plant to approx -12 deg C and can be cropped for most of the year, during winter under cover. Sow seed in situ April to September. Thin to 20-30cm apart.

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Okra , Clemsons Spineless        Av 50 seeds       £1.10
Hibiscus esculentus
Gumbo, Ladies Fingers, Bhindi
Asian Delicacy, tender annual greenhouse plant grown like a tomato. Small fruits can be used cooked on their own or added to soups, stews and sauces. The fruit should be harvested when young to encourage more production. The seed is made into 'tofu' or 'tempeh' and roasted used as a coffee substitute. Requires a warm sunny sheltered site but is best grown in a greenhouse. Sow early spring onwards @ 15-30 deg C in single pots, plant out June onwards at 45cm apart provide climbing support.

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Orach(e) Red Plume        Av  100 seeds            £1.10
Atriplex hortensis
Mountain Spinach  Annual
Leaves are used raw or cooked used as spinach, the seed is believed to be a good source of vitamin'A'. Makes an ideal garden ornamental. In the middle ages the plant was used for lung and liver ailments.

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Tokyo Bekana            Av 250 seeds         £1.65
21 days baby leaf   45 days mature
Recommended for thick sowing and harvest of deliciously sweet, tender-crispy, baby leaves that add a whole new dimension to salad mixes. Bright, light green leaves are curly and ruffled.
Re grows for multiple cuttings. Excellent for
Micro Greens, baby leaf year-round with winter protection. At full size, tender ruffled leaves on narrow white petioles can be bunched like Vitamin Green.

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Tokyo Bekana excellent new salad leaf

Vitamin Green  Av 250 seeds   £1.65
21 days baby leaf   45 days mature
A delicious leafy green vegetable, a member of the brassica family smooth leaves up to 30cm x 10cm are a deep green in colour. Tender leaves are full of flavour, harvest leaves when small for stir-fries, salads or steaming. Slow to bolt and continually provide new leaves over a long harvest period. Tolerant to both heat and cold. Sow early spring to mid summer.

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Perilla Shiso - Green             Av 500 seeds        £1.10
Uses as a colouring, Condiment, Flowers, Leaves, Oil, Seed. Young leaves and seedlings used raw or cooked. Seedlings can be used in salads, leaves are used salted and as a condiment to tofu. flower clusters as garnishes older flowers can be fried. The seed is used as a spice and is one of the ingredients in seven spice, can also be eaten cooked. Prefers a site in full sun in moisture retentive soil. Sow seed on compost surface (can be lightly covered) during spring @ 18-20 deg C prick out into pots and plant out when large enough in early summer.

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Perilla Shiso - Red                  Av 650 seeds              £1.10
Perilla frutescens var crispa
Aka Shiso, Beefsteakplant, Ji Soo, Pai Su, Perilla, Tsu Su
Red version of Perilla Shiso Green.

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Perilla Shiso - Britton seeds

Perilla Shiso - Britton                  Av 400 seeds              £1.25
Perilla frutescens
Eye catching green leaves with red undersides. Use in micro and salad mixtures, larger leaves are used as sushi wraps and plate garnishes. Larger leaved than the red or green Shisos.
Mild mint/basil aroma, ideal ornamental plant for containers and borders.

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Purslane Green    Annual     Av 600 seeds     £0.95
Portulaca oleracea
Sprawling plant with fleshy stalks and rosettes of leaves on tips. Fresh leaves used in salad and can be cooked like spinach.

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Purslane, Golden            Annual       Av 300 seeds 0.1g             £0.85
Purtulaca oleracea
The golden counterpart of green Purslane. The red stems contrast well with yellow/golden leaves. stems and leaves can be pickled for winter use.

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Red Russian Kale               Av 50 seeds               £1.10                IMAGE
Grey-green feathery leaves on purple stems add a distinctive shape and texture to the salad bowl. Can also be used in stir-frying. Sow thinly late spring 1cm deep.

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 Salad Rape
Brassica napus
Faster growing than the mustard or cress salad it has larger leaves and slightly milder taste. Rape is often used instead of mustard in the punnets of cress and mustard. Also suitable for use as a green manure. Mix with cress for a spicy flavour. 50g pkt Av 10,000 seeds

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500 gram £11.00 Add to basket

1Kg £19.50 Add to basket

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Rocket

Rocket Salad               Av 1,400 seeds          £1.00
Eruca sativa
Rocket Salad, Cultivated Rocket, Italian Cress, Rucola
Excellent choice for salads Sow from February to September, successional sowings every few weeks for a constant supply. The young leaves which have a distinctive hot spicy flavour are used in salads. Can be grown in a pot on the windowsill and can be included in a cress and mustard mix. Cut and come again crop. Sow in situ (or pots/trays), thinly 1cm deep, 30cm between rows, thin to 15cm. Very popular for micro greens.

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Turkish Rocket                  Av 50 seeds        £1.05
Similar to Salad Rocket but having a slightly darker leaf. Can be added to the mixtures for more variety. Leaves and young stems are used raw or cooked and are an excellent ingrediant to salads, they make an excellent vegetable. Sow early spring in coldframe and transplant early summer or sow in situ spring onwards.

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Wild Rocket            Av 1,000 seeds         £1.05
Eruca sativa
A more intense flavour than salad rocket.

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Rocket Sky Rocket seeds

Rocket Sky Rocket       Annual   Av 1,000 Seeds     £0.95
Eruca sativa
A well lobed salad rocket type, quick growing and ready to cut in 25-30 days with a succulent rocket flavour. Bred for the flavour of Wild Rocket and the growing habit of rocket, a slow bolter and slow to stress.

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Rocket Voyager seeds

Rocket Voyager         Av 1,400 seeds   £1.00
Diplotaxis erucoides
Salad Rocket Voyager has the serrated leaves of wild rocket, but with a distinctive flavour that is tangy and peppery. Suitable for normal or baby leaf production. Very popular with the catering trade.

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Salsify               Av 85 seeds             £1.00
Tragopogon porrifolius
Vegetable Oyster or Oyster plant
Root is eaten raw or cooked . The young root grated in salads. The older root is cooked and tastes sweet and resembles Oysters. Flowers & young shoots are edible and the seed can be sprouted and used in salads and sandwiches. Sow in situ early Spring thinly to a depth of 1cm, thinning to 15cm and 25cm between rows. The soil should be deeply dug for root cropping.

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Saltwort seeds salsola komarovii, Known as 'Okahijiki' or Land seaweed

Saltwort  Av 100 seeds   £1.40
salsola komarovii
Known as 'Okahijiki' or Land seaweed in Japan. A traditional Japanese culinary herb. Leaves are long and succulent with an appealing crunchy texture. Add tender young leaves to salads and sushi, steam longer stems for healthy side dishes. Rich in vitamins and minerals. Juice is used as a diuretic. Can be harvested at the seedling stage for micro greens or baby leaf stage for adding to salad mixtures.

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 Scorzonera         Av 75 seeds            £1.20
Scorzonera hispanica
Black Salsify, Escorzonera, Kara Iskorcina
The root is cooked, or roasted and used as a coffee substitute. The leaves and petals used in salads. Prefers a light soil, Sow in situ early Spring water in well, thinly to a depth of 1cm, thinning to 15cm and 25cm between rows. Can be sown in situ during august.

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Swiss Chard
Beta vulgaris

Swiss Chard Lucillus     4 gram ( Av 140-180 seeds)     £1.10
Pale green petioles with deeply savoyed leaves. Very early. Sow as other Chard

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Swiss Chard Yellow    Av 100 seeds            £1.10
Yellow Midrib. Ideal baby leaf in salads when used at young leaf stage. As with all chards make excellent border and container plants.
Very popular for micro greens.

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Swiss Chard Bright Lights
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Swiss Chard Bright Lights
Stems of many colours including gold, pink, orange, purple, red and white, with bright and pastel variations. Lightly savoy coloured green or bronze leaves. Stunning bunched, and baby leaves are a natural salad mix. The taste is milder than ordinary chard, with each colour a bit different. Colourful bedding and other ornamental possibilities abound. If grown from plug trays rather than direct sown, individual colours can be separated out. Suitable for production year round, but somewhat less frost hardy than normal chard. Enough seed for a 80ft row with a plant spacing of 1ft (30cm). Very popular for micro greens.

£0.69 approx 35 seeds

£1.25 approx 100 seeds

 




Red Rhubarb Chard Charlotte

Rhubarb Chard Charlotte (Red)
3 gram (approx 160 seeds) seed count varies as seed is not uniform.
Magnificent red petioles with a dark green waxy leaf for ornamental or culinary use. Harvested small at the baby leaf stage for salads or left to mature. Very popular for micro greens. Sow late spring onwards 1 cm deep, 35 cm between rows.


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Swiss Chard White Silver 2 seeds

Swiss Chard White Silver 2        Av 120-140 seeds        £1.20
Harvest leaf and stems, stalks have a celery flavour, spinach like leaves, ideal for summer and autumn harvest.

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