Crop Plant Seeds For Sale In San Jose

* The tops can also be eaten when young as greens or in soups. * The purple topped turnip root will reach 4-5 inches in diameter and matures in 40 to 60 days. * They are excellent raw or cooked , having a mild sweet flavor.

Chantenays are top-shaped and suitable for shallow or heavy soil. Tapered roots are sweet and tender, smooth, and a uniform 9-10" long. They are suitable for tropical winter production (CA, TX, FL) or temperate summer production (where winters get below...

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

* Chervil ( Anthriscus cerefolium ) is a delicate annual herb related to parsley . * Sometimes called garden chervil , it is used to season mild-flavoured dishes and is a constituent of the French herb mixture fines herbes .

* Vates Collards have dark green very tasty leaves with a mild cabbage like flavor. * They are very late to bolt and can be grown year round in mild climates. * Try them as a fall crop by sowing seed in late summer.

* Spinach ( Spinacia oleracea ) is an edible flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae . The leaves are alternate, simple, ovate to triangular-based, very variable in size from about 2-30 cm long and 1-15 cm broad, with larger leaves at the base...

* This ia a very early maturing, hot Jalapeno Pepper. * This variety is very heavy yielding over a long season. * The fruits are dark green maturing to red. * The seed germinates in 2-3 weeks and should be started indoors in April/May.

* It produces an abundance of 8-9 inch dark green cucumbers with excellent mild flavor. * This open pollinated variety has been around a long time and is still the favorite.

The leaves are 6-12 cm long and 2.5-5 cm broad, with a serrated margin. * Prunus salicina ( syn. Prunus triflora or Prunus thibetica ; also called Chinese plum or Japanese plum ) is a small deciduous tree native to China , and now also grown in Korea...

* A hot and aromatic flavour, it is an important ingredient in curries, and is also often used as a flavouring in biscuits, cakes and bread where it also helps in improving the digestion.

* Ocimum basilicum , or Sweet Basil, is a culinary herb of major importance. Most culinary and ornamental basils are cultivars of the species Ocimum basilicum , but other species are also grown and there are many hybrids between species.

Best stands are obtained by planting 3 inches deep, but can also be broadcast at 1/2-3/4 pound per 100 square feet; 5 pounds per 1000 square feet, or 200 pounds per acre. Legume cover crops are an essential component of good soil management.

Sow spring to summer. Other brassica species release chemical compounds that may be toxic to soil borne pathogens and pests such as nematodes, symphylans, and even some weeds. (A) Annual (B) Biennial (P) Perennial.

The plant's extensive root system pulls nitrogen and other minerals from deep within the soil, and stores these elements within its roots and leaf structure. Recommended seeding rate: 3-4 pounds per 1000 square feet; 70-150 pounds per acre.

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

It is the type genus of the family Myrtaceae. * Myrtus, with the common name myrtle, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae. * Myrtle in a wedding bouquet is a general European custom.

* The most important of the edible blueberries, but also a good ornamental; dark green or blue-green leaves, turning yellow, orange, red, and bronzy in fall; masses of white or pinkish flowers with the new leaves; blue-black berries to 1/2" starting in...

The whole plant is harvested when in flower and distilled for its essential oil.The oil is used in perfumery, it is blended with sandalwood oil to produce 'attar genda' perfume. * The French marigold ( Tagetes patula ) is a species in the daisy family...

Recommended seeding rate: 3-4 pounds per 1000 square feet; 70-150 pounds per acre. Growing grains as a cover crop provides other options such as forage for animals or food for people.

Nomenclature and taxonomy This section requires expansion. Licorice Basil contains anethole, the same chemical that makes anise smell like licorice, and in fact is sometimes called Anise Basil.

The Ultimate paste tomato with world class flavor! A large, meaty, great tasting paste tomato. Excellent for use in canning, pastes, or sauces. Long, pear shaped paste variety, produces 10 oz.

* The plant from which cultivated red raspberries were derived. * A herb tea is made from the dried leaves. * A purple to dull blue dye is obtained from the fruit. * The fruit is delicious when eaten out of hand, the fruit is also used in pies, preserves...

* It is used in both fresh and dried forms, to not only "heat up" curries, pickles and chutneys, but also to impart two distinct flavours to them. * In 2007, Guinness World Records certified that the Ghost Pepper (Bhut Jolokia) was the world's hottest...

Packet will cover 300 to 400 square feet. This organic cover crop will be very successful in warmer climates, containing 70% winter grain rye and 30% field (Austrian) winter pea. The mix is a balance of rapidly growing winter rye for erosion control and...

* A decidious Tree growing to 30 m. * A species of maple native to the hardwood forests of northeastern North America, from Nova Scotia west to southern Ontario, and south to Georgia and Texas.

They can provide a tremendous amount of biomass that not only smothers weeds and prevents soil erosion, but also puts huge amounts of green matter, or green manure, back into the soil which improves the soil's tilth.

The fruit is a drupe (though commonly called a "berry") 10–15 mm in diameter, maturing bright red to purple and typically contain two seeds (the coffee 'bean'). * Coffea arabica is a species of Coffea originally indigenous to the mountains of Yemen...