Minutina
Minutina is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
A unique, cold weather salad green prized in Italy for its mild nutty flavour. It is a small plant with a rosette of slender green leaves. It will regrow after cutting and is extremely cold hardy. It will provide a crunchy texture to salads without fibre; the flower buds are edible.
Product: Minutina
Product type: SEED (500)
Botanical name: Plantago coronopus
Syn.: Syn. Buckhorn'S Plaintain, Erba Stella
A unique, cold weather salad green prized in Italy for its mild nutty flavour. It is a small plant with a rosette of slender green leaves. It will regrow after cutting and is extremely cold hardy. Provides a crunchy texture to salads without fibre; the flower buds are edible.
Plant type: Annual cool season crop; very frost hardy
Plant height: 25 cm
Sow when: Germinate best at 12 - 20°C
Temperate: Early spring
Subtropical: Late autumn to winter
Tropical: Unlikely to do well
Germination: 7 - 14 days
Depth: 6 mm deep
Position: Full sun to partial shade
Sow where: Sow directly where it is to grow
Soil type: Fertile, well drained, pH 6 - 7
Rows: 30 cm apart
Details: Keep soil moist and plants mulched, protect from snails and slugs
Harvest: 50 days; harvest young and tender when it is about 12cm long
*Has edible flowers
500 seeds per packet
Plantago coronopus
Syn. Buckhorn'S Plaintain, Erba Stella
Annual cool season crop; very frost hardy
Minutina
A unique, cold weather salad green prized in Italy for its mild nutty flavour. It is a small plant with a rosette of slender green leaves. It will regrow after cutting and is extremely cold hardy. It will provide a crunchy texture to salads without fibre; the flower buds are edible.