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American persimmon seeds (Diospyros virginiana)

(Diospyros virginiana) بذور...

السعر 3.50 € (SKU: V 25 A)
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5/ 5
<h2 class=""><strong>(Diospyros virginiana) بذور البرسيمون الأمريكية</strong></h2> <h2><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>ثمن عبوة 5 بذور.</strong></span></h2> <p>The American persimmon produces a large crop of sweet edible fruit with very little attention but also produces valuable timber and is great for bees and therefore for honey production. The persimmon is easy to grow with fast growth until fruiting commences.</p> <div> <div> It will grow to a height of about 15ft in the first 5 years. It prefers a deep, loamy, well-drained soil, but will tolerate any soil that is not waterlogged. The tree is drought resistant.</div> <div>The American Indian used the fruit in gruel, cornbread and puddings and with honey locust pods, made an alcoholic beverage.</div> <div>The American persimmon mixed with cornmeal can be brewed into "simmon beer". Vinegar could also be made with this fruit.</div> <div> The fruit can provide a self feeding fodder crop for livestock. All livestock enjoy the ripe fruit as they fall from the tree. They are also popular with wildlife.</div> <div>Good fruiting trees can be grown from the seeds. Fruiting begins, and continues for fifty years or more.</div> <div> The tree is hardy to -29 C.</div> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="100%" valign="top"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Sowing Instructions</strong></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Propagation:</strong></span></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><span style="color: #008000;">Seeds</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Pretreat:</strong></span></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><span style="color: #008000;">soak in water for 24 hours </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Stratification:</strong></span></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><span style="color: #008000;">3 months in moist sowing mix at 2-5 ° C refrigerator</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Sowing Time:</strong></span></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><span style="color: #008000;">all year round</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Sowing Depth:</strong></span></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><span style="color: #008000;">1 - 2,5 cm</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Sowing Mix:</strong></span></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><span style="color: #008000;">Coir or sowing mix + sand or perlite</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Germination temperature:</strong></span></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><span style="color: #008000;">20 ° C</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Location:</strong></span></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><span style="color: #008000;">bright + keep constantly moist not wet</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Germination Time:</strong></span></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><span style="color: #008000;">until it germinates </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Watering:</strong></span></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><span style="color: #008000;">Water regularly during the growing season</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong> </strong></span></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><br /><span style="color: #008000;"><em>Copyright © 2012 Seeds Gallery - Saatgut Galerie - Galerija semena. </em><em>All Rights Reserved.</em></span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div>
V 25 A (2 S)
American persimmon seeds (Diospyros virginiana)

قلنباق بذور (Averrhoa...

قلنباق بذور (Averrhoa...

السعر 4.00 € (SKU: V 9 AC)
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<h2><strong>قلنباق بذور (Averrhoa carambola)</strong></h2> <h2><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>ثمن عبوة 2 بذرة.</strong></span></h2> <p>القُلُنْباق أو الرُشدِيّة أو كرمبولا ويسمى بمصر بُرتقال بَامِيَة (الاسم العلمي: Averrhoa carambola)، هو نبات ينتمي إلى الفصيلة الحماضية (باللاتينية: Oxalidaceae).</p> <p>موطنه الأصلي جنوب شرق آسيا، ولكنه يزرع في مناطق أخرى مثل مصر.</p> <p>This easy-to-grow fruiting tree will flower and fruit once it reaches a height of 1 1/2-2', often within the first year. Small clusters of lilac-colored flowers bloom intermittently year-rounbd followed by fruit, which ripens to a golden yellow usually within 3-4 months. Then the magic happens: slice the fruit in half and a beautiful 5-pointed star is discovered. As a bonus, the fruit from this mini tree is as sweet as that which comes from the larger trees. Grow in full sun in any well-drained potting mix with moderate amounts of fertilizer during the active growing season and 'Maher Dwarf' will produce fruit year after year.&nbsp;</p> <div> <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top" width="100%"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Sowing Instructions</strong></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Propagation:</strong></span></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><span style="color: #008000;">Seeds&nbsp;</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Pretreat:</strong></span></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><span style="color: #008000;">0</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Stratification:</strong></span></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><span style="color: #008000;">0</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Sowing Time:</strong></span></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><span style="color: #008000;">all year round</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Sowing Depth:</strong></span></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><span style="color: #008000;">0.5 - 1 cm</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Sowing Mix:</strong></span></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><span style="color: #008000;">Coir or sowing mix + sand or perlite</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Germination temperature:</strong></span></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><span style="color: #008000;">about 22-25 ° C.</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Location:</strong></span></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><span style="color: #008000;">bright + keep constantly moist not wet</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Germination Time:</strong></span></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><span style="color: #008000;">3-6 weeks</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Watering:</strong></span></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><span style="color: #008000;">Water regularly during the growing season</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><br><em><strong><span style="color: #008000;">Copyright © 2012 Seeds Gallery - Galerija semena. All Rights Reserved.</span></strong></em></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div><script src="//cdn.public.n1ed.com/G3OMDFLT/widgets.js"></script>
V 9 AC (2 S)
قلنباق بذور (Averrhoa carambola)
Kamus Leek Seeds – Allium Porrum

Kamus Leek Seeds – Allium...

السعر 1.75 € (SKU: MHS 148)
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5/ 5
<h2><strong>Kamus Leek Seeds – Allium Porrum</strong></h2> <div id="idTab1" class="rte"> <h2><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Price for Package of 320 (1g) seeds.</strong></span></h2> <div>Leek, which is in the same family as onions and garlic, has a similar taste to the other familiar vegetables in this family. Usually used as a fundamental ingredient in soups and broths; this tasty vegetable adds a wonderful oniony, earthy taste to any hearty meal.</div> <div> <p>This is a very resilient plant and can withstand winter weather easily until they are ready to be harvested.</p> <p>From sowing these seeds, until full maturity, normally takes approximately 4 months, with germination taking 2-3 weeks.</p> </div> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="100%" valign="top"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Sowing Instructions</strong></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Propagation:</strong></span></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><span style="color: #008000;">Seeds</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Pretreat:</strong></span></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><span style="color: #008000;">0</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Stratification:</strong></span></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><span style="color: #008000;">0</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Sowing Time:</strong></span></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><span style="color: #008000;">all year round&nbsp;</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Sowing Depth:</strong></span></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><span style="color: #008000;">1 cm</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Sowing Mix:</strong></span></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><span style="color: #008000;">Coir or sowing mix + sand or perlite</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Germination temperature:</strong></span></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><span style="color: #008000;">+16 / +25°C</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Location:</strong></span></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><span style="color: #008000;">bright + keep constantly moist not wet</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Germination Time:</strong></span></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><span style="color: #008000;">2-3 weeks</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Watering:</strong></span></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><span style="color: #008000;">Water regularly during the growing season</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><br><span style="color: #008000;"><em>Copyright © 2012 Seeds Gallery - Saatgut Galerie - Galerija semena.&nbsp;</em><em>All Rights Reserved.</em><em></em></span></p> <div></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div id="idTab5" class="block_hidden_only_for_screen"> <p class="align_center">No customer comments for the moment.</p> <p class="align_center">Only registered users can post a new comment.</p> </div><script src="//cdn.public.n1ed.com/G3OMDFLT/widgets.js"></script>
MHS 148 (1g)
Kamus Leek Seeds – Allium Porrum
Lettuce Seeds 'Green Mignonette' Butterhead

Lettuce Seeds 'Green...

السعر 1.50 € (SKU: PL 1)
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5/ 5
<h2><strong>Lettuce&nbsp;Seeds&nbsp;'Green Mignonette' Butterhead</strong></h2> <h2 class=""><span style="color: #f80000;"><strong>Price for Package of 100 (0,09g) seeds.</strong></span></h2> <div>Green Mignonette' is a butterhead lettuce type. It is an excellent home garden variety as it is easy to grow with exceptional eating qualities and is slow to bolt. It has soft, deep green, ruffled leaves, a loose heart and is very tender and sweet. It is suitable for planting for most of the year. Days to harvest: 25 days salad mix; 46 days full size.</div><script src="//cdn.public.n1ed.com/G3OMDFLT/widgets.js"></script>
PL 1 (100 S)
Lettuce Seeds 'Green Mignonette' Butterhead
Red Cabbage Seeds

Red Cabbage Seeds

السعر 1.85 € (SKU: VE 23 (1g))
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5/ 5
<h2><strong>Red&nbsp;Cabbage&nbsp;Seeds - Brassica oleracea var. capitata</strong></h2> <h2><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Price for Package of 200 (1g) seeds. </strong></span></h2> <div class="">This popular deep red compact variety is a heavy producer of tasty round 6-7 inch solid round heads.&nbsp;The traditional cabbage for pickling but is perfect as a colourful and flavoursome winter vegetable or shred finely and add to salads. They have good holding ability or can be stored for a few months.&nbsp;Cabbages are easy to grow, and can keep the whole family fed all year round. It can be eaten fresh or cooked and has an excellent source of vitamin C.</div><script src="//cdn.public.n1ed.com/G3OMDFLT/widgets.js"></script>
VE 23 (1g)
Red Cabbage Seeds
Organic Butternut Pumpkin...

Organic Butternut Pumpkin...

السعر 4.15 € (SKU: VG 16)
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5/ 5
<h2><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><em><strong>Organic Butternut Pumpkin seeds</strong></em></span></h2> <h3><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Price for Package of 10 or 40 seeds. </strong></span></h3> <div>Very versatile with a sweet nutty taste. <span style="font-size:11px;line-height:1.5em;">Delicious as a roast or steamed vegetable or as an alternative to pumpkin in pies, roasts or soups. </span></div> <div> Sow seeds in clumps of 3-5 seeds, spacing each clump 60cm (2ft) apart. Place the seeds on their edges to ensure they don't rot and keep moist. </div> <div> Thin to the strongest seedling in each group when they emerge.</div> <div>Harvest when the stalks become dry.</div> <div>Fruits store for 3-4 months if kept dry not damaged.</div>
VG 16 (40 S)
Organic Butternut Pumpkin seeds

نبات مقاوم للبرد والصقيع
بذور الملفوف سافوي فيرتوس  - 3

بذور الملفوف سافوي فيرتوس

السعر 1.85 € (SKU: VE 89 KV (1g))
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5/ 5
<h2 class=""><strong>بذور الملفوف سافوي فيرتوس</strong></h2> <h2><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>ثمن حزمة من 300 البذور.</strong></span></h2> <p>تُعد ملفات Savoy الملفوفة الأكثر صلابة على الإطلاق ، ويرى الكثيرون أن أوراقها الرفيعة للغاية والمكتففة والمنفخة أكثر نكهة من الملفوف العادي. يبلغ متوسط الرؤوس الخضراء الكبيرة والمتوسطة 2.5 كيلوجرام وهي مثالية للحشو والدهن والشوربات وكذلك سلطة الشتاء وسلو. يأخذ الكثير من الصقيع والثلوج. لا تتسامح مع الرطب الشديد مثل الآخرين. حماية من الرخويات في الطقس الرطب - دورية في كثير من الأحيان ، واستخدام الطعم أو أسرة حافة مع النحاس.</p> <p>بذر:</p> <p>ابدئي البذور في شقق مبكرة جدًا في فصل الربيع لموسم الحصاد الصيفي المبكر ، أو قبل 6 أسابيع من الصقيع الصلب لسقوط الشتاء. الملفوف ، هو الأفضل في التربة الجيدة للنمو السريع ، وأفضل مع الإخصاب في وقت لاحق. أفضل للحفاظ على رطبة بالتساوي - استخدام المهاد. زراعة ضحلة للأسابيع القليلة الأولى. أصناف سافوي هي هاردي الباردة الباردة.</p>
VE 89 KV (1g)
بذور الملفوف سافوي فيرتوس  - 3

نبات عملاق (به ثمار عملاقة)
Fava Beans Seeds

Fava Beans Seeds

السعر 2.55 € (SKU: VE 162)
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5/ 5
<h2><strong>Broad Bean Aquadulce Fava Beans Seeds&nbsp;(Vicia faba)</strong></h2> <h2><span style="color: #ff0000;" class=""><strong>Price for Package of 10 (16g) seeds. </strong></span></h2> <div>Hardy Annual.&nbsp;Aquadulce is highly prolific and easy to grow, and yet remains one of the most delicious in terms of flavour and texture. It is a white seeded variety; with pods up to 23cm (9in) long, crops in 90 days with a height of 90 to 100cm (36 to 40in). They are an ideal variety for children to grow.&nbsp;This variety is universally recognised as being best hardy broad bean for an autumn sowing; it can be sown anytime from autumn until spring. It establishes itself very quickly and will produce a very early crop.&nbsp;We should, of course, all grow Broad Beans, as they are so much more delicious eaten young and just picked. When they're smaller than a thumbnail, you can even eat them raw. But it does take cooking - albeit just two minutes in lightly salted simmering water to bring out maximum sweetness. The first pick of the year, tossed with a slightly overindulgent knob of butter, is a high point of early summer.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Broad Bean “Aquadulce” has been awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit</div> <div>It is also recommended by the River Cottage Handbook Veg Patch.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>Sowing</strong></div> <div>For the earliest crops sow from early autumn to late winter or sow in spring</div> <div>Broad beans are best suited to a cool climate, and they only grow satisfactorily at temperatures below 15*C (60*F).</div> <div>If sowing in the autumn, choose a sheltered position. The ideal soil is one which has been manured for a previous crop.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>Direct sowing:</strong></div> <div>Broad beans are traditionally sow in double rows 7cm (2in.) deep, 23cm (9in.) apart in the row.</div> <div>The double rows should be spaced 23cm (9in.) apart and a distance of 40-60cm (18-24in.) should be left before the next set of double rows.</div> <div>Plant seed 5cm deep. They should be planted or thinned to 20cm apart in staggered rows 30cm apart. Sow extra seeds at the end of the row for transplants.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>Support</strong></div> <div>As the beans get taller, you will need to provide extra support to your plants. A common mistake of the first-time gardener is not giving plants support ties that allow growing space. The haulm (stalk) of the broad bean plant is very brittle and easily broken, so the best way to support the plant is to construct a narrow box of stakes pegged in at 120cm intervals. Twist lengths of string from stake to stake to create a supporting frame that the bean plants can lean against when being blown around by the winter winds. Further levels of string can be added as the beans grow taller.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>Care</strong></div> <div>Once the pods start to form, ensure the beans are well watered around the base of the plant during dry periods. If the plants send out side shoots from the base, these should be cut off. At the end of cropping the plants should be removed from the soil. If the plants are left in the ground after their work is done, young sucker shoots can emerge which will exhaust the soil for follow-on crops.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>Pinching out</strong></div> <div>One of the gardening formalities with broad beans - undertaken when the flowers have just wilted to black, sooty curls and the first tiny pods are about to appear in their place - is to pinch out the little cluster of leaves at the top of the plant. This arrests further growth, directing the energy of the plant into the developing pods.</div> <div>Don't discard these leafy bean tops - stir-fried in butter until lightly wilted, they are a delicious vegetable side dish in their own right - think of them as beany greens. They are also a fine filling for a tart or omelette.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>Harvesting:</strong></div> <div>8 to 10 weeks from spring sowing. Regular picking (ideally 2 or 3 times a week) will keep production going for about 4-6 weeks</div> <div>For the best flavour, pick the beans when they are starting to show through the pod while the scar on the end of the beans is still white or green (although they can still be enjoyed after the scar has turned black). To remove the pods from the plant, give them a sharp twist in a downward direction.</div> <div>With the last pick of the summer, the fat, bulging pods need a good 10 minutes boiling, after which the tender green kernels can be slipped out of their pale, leathery skins.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div><script src="//cdn.public.n1ed.com/G3OMDFLT/widgets.js"></script>
VE 162 10 S
Fava Beans Seeds
Runner Bean Cosse Violet Seeds

Runner Bean Cosse Violet Seeds

السعر 2.50 € (SKU: VE 6 (7g))
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5/ 5
<h2><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><em><strong>Climbing French Bean Cosse Violet Seeds</strong></em></span></h2> <h3><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Price for Package of 20 seeds.</strong></span></h3> <div>1868 (Vilmorin). "Plant of free vigorous growth, pods 6 to 8 inches long, twisted, of a deeppurplish blue colour. A very heavy cropper; very striking on account of the colour of its pods. A good edible-podded variety and very tender. The pods lose the purple colour on being cooked and become as green as others. Proceedings of the RHS 1895.</div>
VE 6 (7g)
Runner Bean Cosse Violet Seeds

Sweetcorn Seeds Oaxacan Green  - 1

بذور الذرة الحلوة الخضراء...

السعر 1.95 € (SKU: VE 181)
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5/ 5
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> </head> <body> <h2><strong>بذور الذرة الحلوة الخضراء Oaxacan Green</strong></h2> <h2><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Price for Package of 10 seeds.</strong></span></h2> <p>تم زراعة هذه الذرة الخضراء الزمردية لعدة قرون من قبل الهنود الزابوتيك في جنوب المكسيك ، والتي تستخدم في تحضير الدقيق الأخضر وطهيها. تقليديا ، تنمو الكوسا والفاصوليا وتنمو بجانبها ، تنمو هذه الذرة حتى ارتفاع 220 سم وتنتج عدة أكواز بطول 25 سم على كل ساق.</p> <p>تنتج النباتات المقاومة للجفاف والقاسية الكيزان الأبيض الذي يتحول إلى اللون الأخضر الزمردي عندما ينضج.</p> <p>تناول الذرة وهي لا تزال صغيرة مثل الذرة الحلوة أو انتظر حتى تنضج للحصاد واستخدمها في صنع الدقيق. تعتبر الكيزان الأخضر اللامع أكثر من رائعة في الترتيبات ويمكن طحنها لصنع تاماليس أو خبز الذرة أو التورتيلا اللذيذ.</p> </body> </html>
VE 181 (10 S)
Sweetcorn Seeds Oaxacan Green  - 1
Lentil Seeds (Lens culinaris) 1.85 - 1

Lentil Seeds (Lens culinaris)

السعر 1.85 € (SKU: VE 84 B (5g))
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<h2 class=""><strong>Lentil Seeds (Lens culinaris)</strong></h2> <h2 class=""><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Price for Package of 70 (5g) seeds.</strong></span></h2> <p>The lentil (Lens culinaris) is an edible pulse. It is a bushy annual plant of the legume family, grown for its lens-shaped seeds. It is about 40 cm (16 in) tall, and the seeds grow in pods, usually with two seeds in each.</p> <p>Lentils have been part of the human diet since the aceramic (before pottery) Neolithic times, being one of the first crops domesticated in the Near East. Archeological evidence shows they were eaten 9,500 to 13,000 years ago.</p> <p>Lentil colors range from yellow to red-orange to green, brown and black. Lentils also vary in size, and are sold in many forms, with or without the skins, whole or split.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The seeds require a cooking time of 10 to 40 minutes, depending on the variety—shorter for small varieties with the husk removed, such as the common red lentil — and have a distinctive, earthy flavor. Lentil recipes[2] are used throughout South Asia, the Mediterranean regions and West Asia. They are frequently combined with rice, which has a similar cooking time. A lentil and rice dish is referred to in western Asia as mujaddara or mejadra. Rice and lentils are also cooked together in khichdi, a popular dish in the Indian subcontinent (India and Pakistan); a similar dish, kushari, made in Egypt, is considered one of two national dishes. Lentils are used to prepare an inexpensive and nutritious soup all over Europe and North and South America, sometimes combined with some form of chicken or pork.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Dried lentils can also be sprouted by soaking in water for one day and keeping moist for several days, which changes their nutrition profile.</p> <p>Lentils with husk remain whole with moderate cooking; lentils without husk tend to disintegrate into a thick purée, which leads to quite different dishes.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Nutritional value and health benefits</strong></p> <p>With about 30% of their calories from protein, lentils have the third-highest level of protein, by weight, of any legume or nut, after soybeans and hemp.[4] Proteins include the essential amino acids isoleucine and lysine, and lentils are an essential source of inexpensive protein in many parts of the world, especially in West Asia and the Indian subcontinent, which have large vegetarian populations. Lentils are deficient in two essential amino acids, methionine and cysteine. However, sprouted lentils contain sufficient levels of all essential amino acids, including methionine and cysteine.</p> <p>Lentils also contain dietary fiber, folate, vitamin B1, and minerals. Red (or pink) lentils contain a lower concentration of fiber than green lentils (11% rather than 31%).[8] Health magazine has selected lentils as one of the five healthiest foods.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The low levels of Readily Digestible Starch (RDS) 5%, and high levels of Slowly Digested Starch (SDS) 30%, make lentils of great interest to people with diabetes. The remaining 65% of the starch is a resistant starch that is classified RS1, being a high quality resistant starch, which is 32% amylose.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Lentils also have some anti-nutritional factors, such as trypsin inhibitors and relatively high phytate content. Trypsin is an enzyme involved in digestion, and phytates reduce the bio-availability of dietary minerals. &nbsp;The phytates can be reduced by soaking the lentils in warm water overnight.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Lentils are a good source of iron, having over half of a person's daily iron allowance in a one cup serving.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Production</strong></p> <p>Lentils are relatively tolerant to drought, and are grown throughout the world. The FAO reported that the world production of lentils for calendar year 2009 was 3.917 million metric tons, primarily coming from Canada, India, Turkey and Australia.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>About a quarter of the worldwide production of lentils is from India, most of which is consumed in the domestic market. Canada is the largest export producer of lentils in the world and Saskatchewan is the most important producing region in Canada. Statistics Canada estimates that Canadian lentil production for the 2009/10 year is a record 1.5 million metric tons.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The Palouse region of eastern Washington and the Idaho panhandle, with its commercial center at Pullman, Washington, constitute the most important lentil-producing region in the United States. Montana and North Dakota are also significant lentil growers. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported United States 2007 production at 154.5 thousand metric tons.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>In culture</strong></p> <p>The lens (double-convex shaped) is so called because the shape of a lens is basically the same shape as lentils. Lens is the Latin name for lentil.</p> <p>Lentils are mentioned many times in the Hebrew Bible, the first time recounting the incident in which Jacob purchases the birthright from Esau with stewed lentils (a "mess of pottage").[16] In Jewish mourning tradition, lentils are traditional as food for mourners, together with boiled eggs, because their round shape symbolizes the life cycle from birth to death.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Lentils were a chief part of the diet of ancient Iranians, who consumed lentils daily in the form of a stew poured over rice.</p> <p>Lentils are also commonly used in Ethiopia in a stew-like dish called kik, or kik wot, one of the dishes people eat with Ethiopia's national food, injera flat bread. Yellow lentils are used to make a non-spicy stew, which is one of the first solid foods Ethiopian women feed their babies. In Pakistan, lentils are often consumed with Roti/bread or rice.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>In India, lentils soaked in water and sprouted lentils are offered to gods in many temples. It is also a practice in South India to give and receive sprouted peas by women who perform Varalakshmi Vratam. It is considered to be one of the best foods because the internal chemical structures are not altered by cooking.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>In Italy and Hungary, eating lentils on New Year's Eve traditionally symbolizes the hope for a prosperous new year, most likely because of their round, coin-like form.</p> <p>In Shia narrations, lentils are said to be blessed by seventy Prophets, including Jesus and Mohammed.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <script src="//cdn.public.n1ed.com/G3OMDFLT/widgets.js"></script>
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