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Red Shiso/Perilla, organic seeds


Information

This dark-wine-red variant is very beautiful but doesn"™t have the same pure spicy taste as the green one. A portion contains about 50 seeds.


 

Product number:K555
Scientific name:Perilla frutescens
Botanic family:The Mint family - Lamiaceae
Organic:No
Lifespan:Annual
F1 Hybrid:No
New variety:No
Sowing time:Pre-cultivate: April
Sowing depth:0,2 cm
Germination time:10–40 days
Plant spacing:25 cm
Row spacing:50 cm
Height:50 cm
Plant location:Sun–Half shade
Harvest/blooming:July–frost
Seeds/g:1200 seeds
Other:Light germinating, Need seed stratification
Heirloom variety:No

Cultivation advice

Sowing

Sow about 0,5 cm deep in April. The slow to germinate seeds, usually sprout better after 3 weeks in a refrigerator sown in light soil. 

Spacing

Keep 25 cm between the plants!

Harvest

It is grown as an aromatic kitchen-, herb-, medicinal- and garnish plant. The leaves have a special taste resembling curry and are used fresh or dried in soups, salads, preserves, tempura etc. Seeds and inflorescences are used too.

Seed

1200 seeds/g.
A portion contains about 50 seeds.