Henny’s seeds, March 2011
*: transplant from ‘koude bak’ or garden 17 or from your own seed-bed
Most seeds I can share; ask me when you see me in the gardem, or mail: h.kramers-pals@utwente.nl
naam | earliest month | last month | transplant? | remarks |
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amaranth (Chinese spinach) | 3 | 7 | * | 25x5, first in seedbed grows again after cutting leaves |
basil, bolloso Napoletano | 4 | 7 | * | 10x10, sow at temperatures above 10o |
basil, dark opal | 4 | 5 | * | 20x10, spicy |
basil, lettuce leaved | 3 | 7 | * | 15x15 |
basilicum, cinnamon | 5 | 6 | * | 20x30 |
beans, bush, dwarf, Tavera | 5 | 7 | 50x10, warm; do not allow soil to dry out but keep leaves dry | |
beans, bush, Purple Queen | 5 | 7 | 50x10, warm; do not allow soil to dry out but keep leaves dry | |
beans, pole, ‘spekbonen' | 5 | 6 | presoak beans 2 hours; plant 8 beans 3 cm deep around 1 pole. | |
beet, red, cylindra | 4 | 7 | * | 20x7, thin; thinnings can be transplanted |
beet, red, kogel | 4 | 7 | * | 20x7, thin; thinnings can be transplanted |
cabbage, Chinese | 7 | 8 | * | 40x30, harvest starts in October |
carrot, Purple Haze | 3 | 5 | 25x5 | |
carrot, summer, A’damse Bak | 2 | 6 | 20x5, keep soil moist when they grow; add ’kali’ | |
carrot, summer, Parano F1 | 2 | 6 | 20x5, keep soil moist when they grow; add ’kali’ | |
carrot, winter, Flakkeese 2 Flakko | 4 | 5 | 40x5, sow thinly in loose soil , keep soil moist when they grow, add ’kali’ | |
carrot, winter, St. Valéry | 4 | 5 | 40x5, sow thinly in loose soil, keep soil moist when they grow, add ‘kali” | |
celery (herb) | 4 | 7 | 25x5 | |
chard, green, Lucullus | 3 | 8 | 35x30 grows again after cutting leaves | |
chard, red, rhubarb chard | 3 | 8 | 25x10, water weekly, twice weekly in hot weather.Grows again after cutting leaves | |
cima di rapa (broccoletti) | 4 | 8 | * | 1 cm deep, thin, thinnings can be transplanted |
coriander | 4 | 9 | * | 30x25 |
corn salad, Noordhollandse | 4 | 8 | 15x15 | |
cress, garden | 4 | 9 | ||
cress, winter (perennial) | 3 | 8 | survives light winter frosts | |
dill | 4 | 6 | * | 30x30, sow often |
endive, Breedband Volhart Winter | 6 | 7 | * | 30x30 survives light winter frosts |
endive, curly, St. Laurent | 5 | 6 | * | 30x30 |
endive, early, nr. vijf 2 | 5 | 7 | * | 30x30 |
fennel | 4 | 5 | 40x25; grond vochtig | |
garlic | 3 | 4 | 20x5 | |
kale, Dutch (Westland) | 5 | 7 | * | 75x50, late; survives light winter frosts |
kale, Italian (Tuscany) | 5 | 7 | * | 20x20, early |
leaf chicory, green, red speckles radicchio di Castelfranco | 6 | 8 | * | 30x25 grows again after winter frosts |
leaf chicory, red heads radicchio, orchidea rossa | 7 | 9 | * | 15x15; thinnings can be transpanted grows again after winter frosts |
leaf chicory, red heads with white veins radicchio palla rossa precoce | 6 | 8 | * | 10x15; thinnings can be transpanted grows again after winter frosts |
leaf chicory, white/red radicchio, rossa di Treviso | 5 | 8 | * | 5x15; thinnings can be transpanted grows again after winter frosts |
leek, autumn giants | 3 | 4 | * | sow thinly in very loose soil; later in furrows, 40x15; survives light winter frosts |
leek, winter | 4 | 4 | * | sow thinly in very losse soil, 40x15; survives winter frosts, continued growing in early spring |
lettuce (Romaine) | 3 | 7 | * | 30x30; sow either early or late |
lettuce, curly, Lollo rossa | 4 | 8 | 25x25 grows again after cutting leaves | |
lettuce, for cutting | 3 | 8 | 40x30 or close together grows again after cutting leaves | |
lettuce, for cutting, red curly leaves | 3 | 8 | 30x30 grows again after cutting leaves | |
lettuce, head, Meikoningin | 3 | 8 | * | 30x30;keep soil moist and open |
lettuce, head, Milan | 3 | 8 | * | 30x30; keep soil moist and open |
lettuce, head, red (Spanish) | 3 | 8 | * | transplant at 10 degrees or higher |
lettuce, head, Wonder der 4 jaargetijden | 3 | 7 | * | 30x25, keep soil moist and open |
lettuce, head, Zwart Duits | 4 | 7 | * | 30x30; keep soil moist and open |
lettuce, iceberg, Batavia de Pierre Benite, French | 4 | 7 | * | 25x30; keep soil moist and open |
lettuce, iceberg, frisée, Frans | 3 | 7 | * | 25x30; keep soil moist and open |
lettuce, iceberg, Great Lakes | 3 | 7 | * | 40x40; keep soil moist and open |
lettuce, iceberg, Rouge Grenobloise | 3 | 7 | * | sow in lines, distance 20 cm; transplant 40x40; keep soil moist and open |
lettuce, mix, mesclun | 4 | 8 | 25 cm between lines; grows again after cutting leaves | |
mizuna (Japanese salad, xiu cai) | 4 | 8 | 25x40 grows again after cutting leaves | |
onion, red or yellow | 3 | 4 | 35x5 | |
onion, spring | 3 | 4 | 20x5 | |
paksoi (taisai) | 7 | 8 | * | distance between lines 30 cm, thin till 25 cm; thinnings can be transpanted |
parsley root | 4 | 4 | distance between lines 25 cm, thin till 12 cm distance between plants | |
parsley, Dutch (Amsterdam) | 3 | 6 | 20x10, needs a lot of moisture | |
parsley, Italian | 3 | 9 | sow thinly, 1,5 cm deep | |
parsnip, Guernsey | 4 | 5 | 40x15, keep soil moist survives light winter frosts | |
radish, black | 7 | 8 | 30x15 | |
radish, Breakfast 2 Lanquette | 3 | 8 | distance between lines 10 cm | |
radish, Spanish | 3 | 6 | distance between lines 15 cm | |
rocket | 3 or 8 | 4 or 9 | grows again after cutting leaves | |
rocket, wild | 3 | 4 | 8-9 kan ook, voor oogst in voorjaar grows again after cutting leaves | |
sage | 4 | 7 | 25x25, eerst op zaaibed | |
shallot | 3 | 4 | 20x4 | |
snow peas, Heraut | 4 | 5 | 80x3,5, 150 cm high | |
snow peas, Oregon Sugar Pod | 4 | 5 | 100x10, 70 cm high, big pods | |
snow peas, red flowers, grey | 3 | 5 | 150x5, 90 cm high | |
spinach, New Zealand | 4 | 5 | * | soak seed 1 day, sow in pots, transplantg a month later. 60x60; grow preferably on vertical frame |
spinach, Turkish | 4 | 7 | lines 25 cm, thin | |
turnip tops | 3 | 6 | lines 20 cm, sow thinly, about 1 cm deep | |
turnips (French) | 7 | 8 | lines 20, thin, distance 10 cm | |
cress, water | 4 | 7 | 20x20 (tranplant), needs shade & running water | |
zucchini, di Sarzana | 3 | 5 | * | 60x60, transplant at 15o or higher |
zucchini, rotund, Nice | 4 | 6 | 60x60, transplanting not recommended | |
flowers | ||||
aster, Callistephus chinensis | 4 | 5 | * | 25x25 |
aster, summer | 5 | 5 | * | thin or transplant, 40x40 |
carnation, Chinese | 5 | 6 | * | 20x20, transplant when plants are 10 cm |
celosia (hanekam) | 4 | * | 30-35 cm; sunny, sheltered | |
dahlia | 4 | 4 | ||
everlasting flowers, English and Spanish | 4 | * | ||
scabiosa | 3 | * | 25x25 | |
summer flowers, mixture | 5 | |||
zinnia, dwarf | 3 | * | 20x20 |