Crop Plant Seeds For Sale In Lancaster

It is an annual plant (rarely biennial ), which grows to a height of up to 30 cm. Matures in 45 days. It is great fresh in salads or steamed. Spinach may survive over winter in temperate regions.

7-8" tapered roots with large, healthy tops. Keep weed-free by tine weeding and shallow hoeing. Skin is dark purple with a bright orange interior. If you prefer to store your seed in the refrigerator, be sure to place the seed in an air-tight container...

The fruit is a drupe 4-7 cm in diameter with yellow-pink flesh; it can be harvested in the summer. The flowers are produced in early spring, 2 cm diameter with five white petals. * Prunus salicina ( syn.

* Trifolium campestre , commonly known as Hop Trefoil and Low Hop Clover , is a species of clover native to Europe and western Asia , growing in most areas, but specifically thriving on dry, sandy grassland habitats, as well as in fields, woodland margins,...

The seed contains about 20% of an edible semi-drying oil. * An edible gum is obtained from points of damage on the trunk. * This is the most commonly grown plum at least in Europe, and most prunes (dried plums) are made from fruits of this species.

Has fair drought and poor shade tolerance. * An orange-yellow dye is obtained from the flowers. * A herbaceous, forage, perennial, cool season legume. A useful green manure plant, fixing atmospheric nitrogen.

Due to their mucilaginous property they are often sprouted on clay or other porous materials. The seed can be ground into a meal and made into bread, biscuits, cakes etc, usually in a mix with cereal flours.

* It has gained an almost magical reputation for being able to promote health, general body vigour and also to prolong life. * Ginseng has a history of herbal use going back over 5,000 years.

* A herb tea is made from the dried leaves. * Raspberry fruit may protect the liver. * A purple to dull blue dye is obtained from the fruit. * The plant from which cultivated red raspberries were derived.

Officinalis differs very little from Magnolia obovata; the only difference that is consistently observed between the two being that the fruit aggregate of M. It is possibly not a true variety at all, but actually a cultigen instead, though this has yet...

The Shipping/Imperator types have the extra length and durability required in conventional packaged carrots, and perform the best in deeply worked soil. Great for bunching. For minimum soil compaction, use raised beds with 2 or 3 rows 16-24" apart, beds...

* This variety is very heavy yielding over a long season. * This ia a very early maturing, hot Jalapeno Pepper. * The fruits are dark green maturing to red. * he fruit will mature in about 70 days from transplanting.

The European cork industry produces 300,000 tonnes of cork a year, with a value of €1.5 billion and employing 30,000 people. * The harvesting of cork does not harm the tree, in fact, no trees are cut down during the harvesting process.

Green manures can be grown in the same year as a vegetable crop, such as a cover crop of white clover planted around a cole crop. Recommended seeding rate: 2-4 pounds per 1000 square feet; 50-75 pounds per acre.

In a prehistoric cave in the Republic of Georgia dyed flax fibers have been found that date to 34,000 BC . * Flax was extensively cultivated in ancient Ethiopia and ancient Egypt .

In some middle-eastern countries, Marjoram is synonymous with Oregano, and there the names Sweet Marjoram and Knotted Marjoram are used to distinguish it from other plants of the genus Origanum .

The nuts are eaten by squirrels , rabbits , other rodents , and larger birds. Only Bailey's Pocket Mouse , however, is known to be able to digest the wax found inside the jojoba nut.

I ( Hawaiian ), Magrandera Shona (Zimbabwe), and L?c tien , Chanh day or Chanh leo ( Vietnamese ) . The fruit shown are mature for juicing and culinary use. For eating right out of the fruit, allow the fruit to wrinkle for a few days to raise the sugar...

Plant mid-September through mid-October. Both winter and spring varieties of grains are generally ready for harvest in August. Grains require modest levels of nutrition to produce good quality proteins.

* Bees collect nectar from its flowers to make honey. * The species is also planted as an ornamental, particularly the varieties with bright pink pods. * It is best known as the source of the natural pigment annatto , produced from the fruit .

Officinalis differs very little from Magnolia obovata; the only difference that is consistently observed between the two being that the fruit aggregate of M. It is possibly not a true variety at all, but actually a cultigen instead, though this has yet...

* Alopecurus arundinaceus ( Creeping meadow foxtail , Creeping foxtail ) is a rhizomatous perennial species in the Grass family ( Poaceae ). * Native to Eurasia and widely introduced elsewhere, this sod forming grass is useful as a forage and for erosion...

* The dried flowering heads of female plants are used as a flavouring and preservative in beer. They are also medicinal. * A quick-growing, not to say rampant vine; can be pruned as a shrub; usually grown on a trellis for commercial production of the...

The whole plant contains substances that are toxic to cockroaches. About 35 kilos of oil can be extracted from 1 hectare of the plant (yielding 2,500 kilos of flowers and 25,000 kilos of herbage).

* Native to Europe and Asia, long a source of valued timber and thin-shelled, edible nuts; compound leaves, rounded, open habit; likes a deep, light, dryish soil. The only difference in the "Carpthian" strain is that they come from that more northern...

It is fast-growing, but not very long-lived by pine standards (to 200 years), and prefers humid climates and moist soil. * Pinus elliottii , commonly known as the Slash Pine , is a pine native to the southeastern United States , from southern South Carolina...

* It has gained an almost magical reputation for being able to promote health, general body vigour and also to prolong life. * Ginseng has a history of herbal use going back over 5,000 years.