Information
Product number: | K483 |
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Scientific name: | Oenothera glazioviana |
Botanic family: | Evening Primrose Family - Onagraceae |
Organic: | Yes |
Lifespan: | Annual - biannual |
F1 Hybrid: | No |
New variety: | No |
Sowing time: | Pre-cultivate: March–May/June–July |
Sowing depth: | 1 cm |
Germination time: | 10–30 days |
Plant spacing: | 25 cm |
Row spacing: | 40–50 cm |
Height: | 100–120 cm |
Plant location: | Sun |
Harvest/blooming: | June–October |
Seeds/g: | 2500 seeds |
Heirloom variety: | Yes |
Cultivation advice
Sowing
Evening primrose is biennial can be sown directly outdoors in the summer so that it can grow a rosette that overwinters. It self-sows richly if it thrives. The small seeds kan can be sown at 1 cm depth, outdoors in the summer, but it gets better if it sown indoors and set out after the risk of frost is over.Spacing
Keep 25 cm of mutual space.Harvest
The leaves, stem and root are eaten as vegetables. The root resembles parsnip.Seed
2500 seeds/g.A portion contains about 200 seeds.