Crop Plant Seeds For Sale In Virginia

To prevent greening, cover exposed crowns.Blights can reduce yield and quality. Tall, strong, healthy tops. Carrots store best at 32°F (0°C) and 98% relative humidity.Each type is identified in product description.

It is found only in cultivation, where it is the most commonly grown of all plants in the Nicotiana genus, and its leaves are commercially grown in many countries to be processed into tobacco.

* The dried leaves can be ground and used as a sweetener or soaked in water and the liquid used in making preserves. * The leaves contain 'stevioside', a substance that is 300 times sweeter than sucrose.

If you need to store pelleted seeds until planting, protect them from heat and humidity in a cool, dark, dry place. Medium-short tops. Pelleted seed requires a little extra attention when it comes to watering, as it performs best with consistent, moderate...

They prefer a poor dry soil and tolerate cool moist conditions. * The seed ripens in the latter half of summer and, when harvested and dried, can store for several years. Conservation Plant Characteristics Avena sativa L.

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

* The leaves are ready for harvesting in about 8 weeks from sowing, the plant responds well to cut and come again harvesting. * It has a mild aromatic flavour that is suggestive of aniseed.

It acts principally on the digestive and nervous systems, easing flatulence, stomach cramps, colic and indigestion. * Sweet basil has been used for thousands of years as a culinary and medicinal herb.

Upon turning under the crop, nitrogen and other elements are released or recycled back just underneath the soil surface so the next crop can utilize the nitrogen that once was beyond reach and leaching away.

Make a few sowings at 3-week intervals for a continuous supply of tender carrots at their prime.Plant carrots intended for winter storage about 100 days before expected fall frost.

To prevent greening, cover exposed crowns.Blights can reduce yield and quality. Leaflets may shrivel and die. Cercospora blight first appears as small dark spots with yellow margins on the younger leaves and stems.

It provides continuous pods throughout the season. Good for any climate. Perfect for eating fresh, freezing and canning. Pods are stringless, straight, and posses a rich buttery flavor.

They can also be grown as a perennial in orchards and vineyards. Organic matter is the food component of soil. Growing legumes and incorporating them back into the soil increases the organic carbon content, and improves the soil fertility and water holding...

The flowers are fragrant, 10-15 cm wide, with 9-12 (rarely to 17) white tepals, and appear from May to June. The bark is thick and brown but does not fissure. Obovata has an acute base.

* Try them as a fall crop by sowing seed in late summer. * They are quite frost tolerant and become even more flavorful after some frosty nights. * Vates Collards have dark green very tasty leaves with a mild cabbage like flavor.

Green manure crops are a superior source of organic matter when they are cut and turned under. Besides producing edible seed, Small Fava's stalks make excellent silage or green manure.

These secretions are produced about 3 - 4 months after sowing. 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).

The leaves are then removed and a source of citric acid (usually lemon juice) is added to help preserve the cordial and add a tart flavour. Young plants were harvested by Native Americans and used as a cooked plant in spring when other food plants were...

* Rheum palmatum , known as Turkey rhubarb , Chinese rhubarb , ornamental rhubarb , and East Indian rhubarb , is a plant in the family Polygonaceae . * The plant is part of a North American formula called essiac which is a popular treatment for cancer.

* The peanut or groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) is a species in the family Fabaceae (commonly known as the bean, pea or legume family). Paint, varnish, lubricating oil, leather dressings, furniture polish, insecticides, and nitroglycerin are made from peanut...

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 tree is cultivated in Spain, Portugal, Algeria, Morocco, France, Italy and Tunisia.

Chia fresca is a popular regional drink, and the Mexican state of Chiapas is named after the plant. Global interest in chia seed as a food* is based on its high content of protein, ?-3 fatty-acids, and complex carbohydrates, as well as the gelatinous,...

Immature flowering stems - cooked in much the same way as broccoli. Sow 5-15 lbs./acre. The name derives from the Latin for turnip , r?pum or r?pa , and is first recorded in English at the end of the 14th century.

Excellent choice. High yields make Long Island Improved a favorite Brussels Sprout. Dark green sprouts resemble miniature cabbages when mature.

* The fruits are egg shaped and about 4-10 centimeters long. The tree usually forms a single upright trunk with lateral branches. It is also known as the tree tomato, tamamoro, and tomate de arbol in South America.

* A perennial herb with fragrant white, pink, or lavender flowers in loose, flat-topped clusters, smelling vaguely of heliotrope; leaves sometimes used to flavor tobacco; rhizome used as a sedative; sometimes rather weedy; native to Europe and Asia, naturalized...

Carrots store best at 32°F (0°C) and 98% relative humidity.Each type is identified in product description. To prevent blights, practice a 3-year crop rotation. Cercospora blight first appears as small dark spots with yellow margins on the younger leaves...