Assortment - Beginner gardener
This assortment of 10 varieties will help apprentice gardeners launch their first vegetable garden! Carefully selected, these species offer the advantage of easy, diversified and abundant cultivation. The first steps towards discovering the joys of gardening, this pack will delight the whole family.
In this selection :
Edible, medicinal, melliferous, green manure, decorative... Borage is a true ally for your taste buds, your health and your soil! Its crunchy, edible flowers, rich in omega 6, give off a surprising iodized taste. The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked as a condiment. Flowers and leaves are the perfect accompaniment to salads and other summer dishes. Sow in the garden, from March to June, in rows 30 cm apart, then thin out to 8 cm along the row. For best emergence, soak seeds for 2 days in lukewarm water and keep the soil cool. Borage resprouts naturally, ensuring perpetual harvests.
This vigorous old variety produces an abundance of cylindrical green fruit up to 20 cm long. They have a mild, bitter-free flavor. They can be picked small and eaten like gherkins. Sow from April to June when the soil is well warmed and outside temperatures no longer drop below 15°C. Space plants 1m apart in all directions. Cucumbers like warm, rich soil. Mulching after planting retains water and protects from the cold. In dry regions, let the stems run along the ground; in wetter regions, trellis. Cucumbers enjoy the company of beans, lettuce and cabbage.
This variety produces bright orange ribs that contrast beautifully with the intense green leaves, offering a tender texture and good flavor.
This variety produces an abundance of fruits up to 30 cm long, very dark green in color. The flesh is clear and firm. Sow in the ground, from March to June, after the last frosts when the soil is well warmed, in planting holes filled with compost and prepared 2 weeks in advance. Zucchini will be protected from insects in the company of nasturtium, marigold or radish.
This old, very runny variety produces 2 to 4 blue-gray fruits weighing 4 to 8 kg. Their thick, dense, orange-yellow flesh has a mild, low-sugar flavor. They keep for 3 to 6 months.
-Haricot Mangetout À Rames Neckarkönigin / Reine du Neckar
This hardy variety can reach 2.50 m in height. It produces an abundance of straight pods, around 28 cm long. Their thick flesh offers a tender texture, ideal for preserving.
This variety produces a head with light to dark green leaves. They are very fleshy and have a mild flavor.
An open-ground radish with rapid, regular development. The root does not burst or dig in. This well rounded, red radish with strong foliage is easy to bundle. Sow from March to October for harvesting from April to November. Sow in rows 30 cm apart. Thin to 5 cm on the row. Water regularly to avoid the pungent taste that is accentuated by drought. To improve radish flavor, sow close to Nasturtium.
This variety, with its bushy foliage, produces flowers in a variety of colors ranging from lemon yellow to orange and golden. As its name suggests, Resina has a high resin content, giving it strong medicinal properties!
-Tomate-Cerise Noire Mi-Saison Black Centiflor Hypertress
This variety offers hundreds of flowers and therefore hundreds of small black fruits, in huge, impressive bunches, whose flavor is much appreciated. Sow in pots from February to April, at temperatures between 16 and 20°C, under a well-lit shelter, 5 weeks before planting. After the last frosts, transplant the whole clump into the ground at a minimum distance of 50 cm, burying the stem up to the first leaves. Water abundantly at the time of planting. Tomatoes need light and heat to produce. In cool climates, it's best to grow them under cover and, depending on the soil, to water them regularly.
