Uses Seed Farm Seed For Sale In Texas

Drugs derived from the tree are ringing up sales in excess of $1 billion. The bark, stem and leaves contain camptothecin, an alkaloid effective against leukemia, colon cancer and other tumours, and it blocks the replication of the HIV virus that causes...

It is preferable to harvest the grain when ready, and not let the plant spend excess time standing as this results in high seed loss. Cut the plants when 80-90% of the seeds have matured (turned brown).

Treat as a biennial -- sow one year, pick the next. Enjoy in a spring salad, or cooked like spinach. This strain of the lowly dandelion boasts tender fleshy leaves, topping all other fruits and vegetables for iron content.

Best sown direct very early in spring as it prefers cool weather. Brilliant orange flowers. Mildly narcotic colourless juice was used by Californian Indians to treat toothache.

Although leaves are small and time-consuming to gather, they are delicious to eat. One of the four ingredients of the Essiac anti-cancer remedy. Traditionally used for fevers, inflammation, diarrhea, excessive menstruation and cancer.

Germination will take about two weeks, with bloom about two months after that, and harvest a month later, about one hundred days from planting. Rake a half-inch of soil over the sown seed, and keep moist.

Cultivated varieties are much less potent medicinally. Especially useful for convalescents and children. Infusion of leaves and rootstock is effective for diarrhea, dysentery and problems of the urinary tract.

Quick growing green manure. Great for underseeding with a legume. Uses: Erosion prevention, Green Manure, Nitrogen Scavenger, No Till, Organic Matter, Weed Suppresion The oats stay green into November and form a mulched bed for spring planting.

Flowers mixed with alum are used to paint fingernails. (Tou gu) Familiar garden annual. Double and semi-double flowers in a wide colour range. A medicinal herb in China where it is used to clear obstructions in the throat.

Easy to grow in any well-drained sunny location. Has exciting commercial potential. No plant symbolizes the alpine regions of Europe quite like the edelweiss. So too was edelweiss very much part of Richters, and for years we offered it as an alpine ornamental.

Flowers are large and dry yields can be as high as 800 kg/ha (700 lbs/acre). Erect, sturdy growth habit and larger flowers containing up 0.7% essential oil high in bisabolol and other medicinal compounds.

Germination is slow and sporadic. Handsome dark green leaves; fine specimen plant for sunny window or greenhouse. Source of commercial chocolate substitute used in making health food candy bars.

Fragrance similar to that of ripe apples.

ERFURTER is rich in medicinal mucilage, up to 10%. Noted for soothing irritations and inflammations of the skin, throat, eyes, lungs and urinary organs.

Like other oleanders, all parts are poisonous. Grows to 6m/20ft. Patients who are intolerant of digitalis. Rich source of cardiac glycosides used for heart disease. But can be maintained at 1m/3ft with regular pruning.

Sow direct in pots. (Chinese parsley) First true cilantro developed for potted plant production.

Cooked and eaten in India and Africa. Leaf juice is used for earache. Decorative black seeds with cute heart-shaped white faces are used for necklaces. Root has diaphoretic, diuretic and laxative properties.

For stir fried dishes, parboil for 3 minutes to reduce bitterness. (Foo gwa; Bitter gourd) Squash-like fruit with an agreeably bitter, tangy flavour and edible peel. Grows like cucumbers.

Delightful companion to mustard cress #4150. Ready to use when seedlings have 3 or 4 leaves. Sow every 14 days indoors or out for a continuous supply of fresh leaves.

Difficult to germinate: viability is usually quite low, never exceeding 40%. Root tincture made with brandy strengthens the human system, particularly in cases of weak digestion and lack of appetite.

The Shoshoni Indians of Nevada used the leaves for coughs and colds. The black sagebrush is one of the most common shrubs of the United States. The low grey-green shrub is found from California to New Mexico north to Montana.

The light-colored, finely-pleated blooms float above the foliage, reminding us of Degas' paintings of ballerinas. Cupcakes Mix is as showy as Double Click with lighter-weight blooms held upright on stems.

Has low starch and calories. Best eaten raw, but is cooked also. Start indoors 6-8 weeks before outdoor planting time. Produces largest tubers in tropical areas, but will produce equally tasty, smaller tubers in more temperate areas with a 4-5 month growing...

High organic matter production. Frost will kill the cowpeas. Broadcast up to 120 lb./acre, 1/2 to 1″ deep. Iron and Clay cowpeas are grown just like soybeans. A fast growing plant that can reach 3′.

If using for Nitrogen fixation we highly recommend using a cowpea inoculant. A “cream pea” type variety, they are generally used at the fresh shelling stage. Try with for maximum Nitrogen fixation.