All-Star Seed Packet

Written by Chris Burley | 08 December 2010

Welcome to our how-to guide and getting the most out of your All-Star Seed Packet.

  • Fava Bean - Environment: Fava Beans are an all-start broad bean which successfully grows in a gamut of climates. It not only provides food and green manure, but also stores nitrogen down into the soil to help the growth of other plants. Planting: Sow seeds directly outdoors in early spring or plant in fall for over-wintering. Plant seeds 1 inch deep. Plant seeds 5 to 6 inches apart in rows 2 feet apart. Space rows closer for intensified planting. Harvesting: Two ways ... First, for green manure to add fertility to your soil, you can cut them down before they flower, chop them up and either compost them or dig a small hole and bury them in your soil. Second, let them flower, form beans, and pick the green pods off to enjoy pan-fried with some oil and salt.
  • Sunflower - When you plant them, plant each seed about 1 inch deep and at lest six inches apart. These seeds have an 80% chance of germinating so, you might plant two seeds for every one plant that you want. Read more on The Great Sunflower Project.
  • Radish - Environment: Radishes are a good crop because they can tolerate many conditions. They prefer cooler temperatures so plant them in the spring, late fall, or winter (in temperate climates). They can be started up 4 to 6 weeks before the last frost, and are reasonably tolerant of frost conditions. Planting: Radishes tolerate many soil conditions, the seeds are relatively small and should be planted at about 1/2 inch deep. Space them 3-6 inches apart. They germinate quickly, usually 3 to 10 days. Harvesting: Radishes grow up really quickly (20-40 days). Consider planting 5-10 each week so that you have them over an extended period.
  • Buckwheat - Buckwheat is easy to grow-in fact, it's unequaled at growing on poor soil. . cut the stems with grass shears when about threequarters of the seeds have turned brown. Read more on Mother Earth News.
  • White Clover - An amazing ground cover and nitrogen fixer, no garden should be without a carpet of clover constantly contributing soil fertility to your space without having to do a thing. Well ... you have to plant it. Here's how, gather the seeds together, rough up a patch of your yard, pot, container. Then scatter them around. When we sow them at the farm, we scatter them with mulch as to ensure they get spread out evenly and not in clumps. Cover them up  by moving the soil over them, water them regularly and enjoy a green carpet of joy.

We hope you enjoy the All-Star Seed Packets, please leave a comment here on this blog post, OR contact us via email if you have any questions.

Photo "All Star Seed Packet" by Booka Alon, December 12, 2010

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