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Ace Pepper seedling.
Add to cart Huge yields of medium sized 3-4 lobed fruits. Has apparent tolerance to blossom drop as nearly every flower produces a pepper. Widely adapted but performs particularly well in cool climates where bell peppers are difficult to grow successfully. Best for early crops. Enjoy green or allow to turn red.
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Bergamot seedling.
Add to cart Bergamot is commonly known as Bee Balm, produce curious flowers that vary in shades from pink to lavender. These flowers appear in July and August above stout, strong stems bearing aromatic leaves. The leaves are excellent in tea, reminiscent of the distinct flavour to Earl Grey blends. Plants grow to a height of 60-90cm (24-36"), and those that don't survive as perennials in Coastal gardens will likely self-sow. All bergamots are highly attractive to beneficial pollinators like butterflies and wild bees. Hummingbirds will stage territorial fights to stake their claims over a wild bergamot plant in full bloom.
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Black cherry tomato seedling.
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Black Cherry tomato seeds produce hardy, vigorous vines loaded with gorgeous purple to mahogany brown cherry tomatoes 2.5 cm (1") round. Enjoy prolific yields all season long! Rich, juicy cherry tomatoes with wonderfully complex, sweet flavour and firm texture. The little fruits of this variety look exotic and taste irresistibly delicious. A great snacking tomato, excellent in bruschetta.
Black cherry tomato seeds are easy to grow, and plants are naturally disease resistant. Vines typically grow at least 150 cm (60") and require caging or staking for support. For best results, allow these cheery tomatoes to ripen on the vine, and harvest regularly. Fruits are ripe when they turn olive/eggplant in colour and they pop readily off the stem with a roll of the fingers. Indeterminate (vine). Matures in 65 days. (Open-pollinated)
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Bright Star pepper seedling.
Add to cart Bright orange fruits with pleasant sweet, crisp flavour. Produces blocky 3-4” mostly 4 lobed fruits weighing 190-230g. Fruits start dark green, and mature to bright orange.
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Cayenne pepper seedling.
Add to cart Produces tasty hot chili peppers that are 2-4″ long. The heat rating is 30,000-50,000 Scoville unitsThe thin fruits, slightly hotter than jalapenos, have a multitude of uses, whether fresh, canned or pickled; excellent steeped in oil or vinegar for flavorful condiments. Yields are high.
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Chives seedlings.
Add to cart Hardy, perennial, and easy to grow, the chopped stems and pink flowers add a fresh, mild green onion flavour to sandwiches, salads and baked potatoes. Clumps can be divided in spring or fall. If grown in containers, divide frequently enough to provide for constant lateral growth. Chives are surprisingly hardy and can be harvested all winter if given some protection from extreme cold. They are also quite drought tolerant, so they're good candidates for xeriscaping. The edible flowers are highly attractive to bumblebees, hoverflies, and other beneficial garden insects.
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Cinnamon basil seedling.
Cinnamon basil, also known as Mexican spice basil, has a spicy, fragrant aroma and flavor. It contains methyl cinnamate, the same chemical that gives cinnamon its flavour.
Cinnamon basil has somewhat narrow, slightly serrated, dark green, shiny leaves with reddish-purple veins, which can resemble certain types of mint, and produces small, pink flowers from July to September. Its stems are dark purple. Cinnamon basil grows to 18–30 inches tall.
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4 Dino kale seedlings.
1 Black Magic Dino kale. Black Magic is a winter-hardy kale with long and narrow, crinkled leaves, so dark green they’re almost black! Its rich flavor that only improves with frost. If you’re impatient to harvest, go for it–you can use it as a baby leaf kale or wait until its mature stage. This particular variety of kale makes excellent kale chips! Bake with a splash of oil and your favorite spice mix. Plant in rich, well-drained soil in full sunlight in the spring or the fall. 60 days to maturity
1 Lacinato Dino kale. Also known as Dinosaur or Tuscan Kale, this Italian heirloom dates back to the 18th century, and is an essential ingredient of caldo verde (green broth), a popular soup in Portugal. By whatever name, the sweeter, milder, blue-green, heavily crinkled strap leaves impart excellent flavor, especially harvested young and after first frost.
1 Dazzling Blue kale plant. It is a lacinato (aka dinosaur) type kale with blue-green savoyed (wavy) leaves that turn under at the edges, and a bright pink stem in the middle. 60 days.
1 additional plant of our choice of the 3 kales.
Farm: Knectel's Wellesley, ON
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Dolce Fresca basil seedling.
Sweet basil for planters. Dolce Fresca's compact plants reach 10-14 inches tall, 10-12 inches wide, and the stems resist stretching, which means more foliage in a handsome, mounding form. Reluctant to flower, the plants spend their energy producing leaves for continuous harvest until very late in the season.
Perhaps the most popular and widely used culinary herb. It is a tender annual, aromatic plant with a spicy odor and flavor. It grows 12-18 inches tall and foliage color can range from green to purple. Foliage size can vary from large lettuce-like leaves to very small leaves, half inch in size.
Basil prefers a sunny location, and a soil that is well supplied with organic matter and is fertile. Basil also likes to be kept well-watered. Poorly prepared soils that are low in nutrients result in slow growing basil that is not very flavorful. Basil is excellent as a decorative/culinary herb in patio or balcony containers or in the garden.
Pinching the tips of stems encourages a bushy plant and more leaf growth resulting in a round plant full of aromatic basil. Basil flower buds should be removed by pinching as soon as you see them form. Leaving them on the plant will affect the flavor of the leaves.
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Fairy Tale eggplant seedling.
Add to cart Purple-and-white mini eggplant. Attractive, 2-4" long by 3/4 - 11/4" diameter, fruit are borne abundantly on compact 18-24" plants. Wonderful flavour with no bitterness and very few seeds. Some fruits may be harvest in clusters. Green calyx. Perfect for growing in containers.
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Fat n Sassy pepper seedling.
Add to cart A customer favourite. Big, heavy, thick walled, 4 lobed bell peppers that have excellent flavour. This hybrid is great for that stuffed pepper recipe. Fruit size of about 4.5". Heavy yields.
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Garlic chives seedlings.
Add to cart Garlic Chives have a strong garlic flavour and aroma. The white flowers and stalks are used (only a small amount is needed), to add the pungent taste of garlic to salads, vegetables, dumplings, and stir-fries. Popular in Asian cuisine, garlic chives are also known as ku chai in Chinese. While the leaves and flower stems are delicious and useful in the kitchen garlic chives are also very attractive flowering plants. Use this herb as companion plants to repel aphids from flowers or vegetables prone to attack.
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Green Zebra tomato seedling
Add to cart 75 days. Beautiful chartreuse with deep lime-green stripes, very attractive. Green Zebra is actually the result of four heirlooms bred together. Green Zebra is an easy to grow mid-season tomato. Plants mature late with prolific yields of tasty fruit 4-6 cm (1.5-2") round. Skin is smooth, interior texture is firm and pulpy. Green Zebra organic tomatoes have an amazing, unique rich taste commonly described as sweet with a complex zing. Flesh is bright green and very rich tasting, sweet with a sharp bite to it. A favourite tomato of many high class chefs, specialty markets, and home gardeners. Use Green Zebra to enhance the flavour of salsas, salads, soups and entrees. Also enjoy fresh from the garden for a zesty snack!
For best flavour allow Green Zebra organic tomatoes to fully ripen on the vine. A slight yellowish blush in colour and a firm feel with a bit of "give" are signs the fruit is ripe for picking. Fruit will taste bitter if picked too early, and if left too late may become mealy. Indeterminate (vine). Matures in 75 days (Hybrid)
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Jalepeno pepper seedling.
Add to cart Jalepenos are pungent, thick-walled and juicy dark green peppers that are 8cm (3") long and about 2cm(1") wide with a blunt end. Use green peppers for fresh eating, pickling, and sauces, and dry the red ones. 2,000 - 5,000 SHU's. Works well in three to five gallon containers, and is suitable for patio growing. Dried, smoked jalapenos are known as chipotle.
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Lambsquaters is an important source of food that can be considered a key staple, while at the same time it is also an extremely valuable medicine. When the leaves are chewed into a green paste and applied to the body, it makes a great poultice for insect bites, minor scrapes, injuries, inflammation, and sunburn.
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Farm: Knechtel's
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Leaf Celery is a bit finicky to get started but once transplanted into the garden, it is very easy to grow. It will take around 85 days from sowing to first harvest. Start the seeds indoors no sooner than 2 to 3 months before your last frost date.
Farm: Knechtel’s Wellesley, ON
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Lemon Balm seedling.
Add to cart Lemon balm is an herb in the mint family. It is often used for culinary purposes to make teas, marinate chicken or fish, or flavor baked foods and jams. Lemon balm is also believed to treat a range of medical disorders.
Choose a shady spot or a location where plants can be protected from midday sun. Lemon balm prefers a fertile, moist soil in a cooler part of the garden. Plants grown in partial shade will be larger and more succulent than those exposed to full sun. Pick leaves throughout the summer for fresh use.
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Lemon basil seedling.
Attractive, spreading silver-green plant with lemony aroma and flavor is great for potpourris, tea, chicken, fish, vegetables and herb vinegars.
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Lemon Grass seedlings.
Add to cart Much sought after in Asian cooking. Also gives landscapes a tropical and exotic feel. Useful as a non-toxic insect repellant and potpourri. When cut, the stalk has an appetizing sweet lemony scent and taste. Tall uniform plants. Plant in full sun.
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Get your green thumb on! Grow your own salad to enjoy. Seedlings are sold in 4 packs. Planting early in the cooler weeks will give you greens that you can harvest the outer leaves for salad mixes and in the hotter summer months, the whole head should be taken as the heat causes the plants to bolt and have a bitter taste. Suggested planting for salad harvest throughout summer is weekly/bi-weekly planting.
Farm: Knechtel's. Wellesley, ON
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Little Finger eggplant seedling.
Great for grilling! Little Fingers Eggplant is an Asian heirloom that yields gorgeous dark purple fruits. Can be harvested small — 3- to 4-inches long — or left to grow without losing its texture or superior flavor. Very productive!
Transplant outside after the soil has warmed. Space plants 18-24 inches apart in raised beds or double rows 2-3 feet apart. Plants prefer full sun and fertile soil with lots of organic matter.
To harvest large fruits, remove most of the side shoots and select two or three fruits to develop on one plant. For smaller fruits, allow the plants to develop naturally. Harvest while fruit is young and shiny for best flavor. Cut fruits from the plants with one inch of stem attached.
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Travatia eggplant seedling.
Traviata eggplant are relatively large, spineless plants. The fruits are large, very dark purple, and have shiny skins and an overall appealing look. The classic bell shaped fruits are quite abundant on each plant, and the plants keep producing over a long season. The plants are well suited to greenhouse cultivation, but will perform in the field setting too. They are even productive in patio containers, but use fertile soil and provide plenty of heat. For container growing, select pots with good drainage at least three to five gallons in size. Harvest the fruits at 15cm (6") for the best flavour. Matures in 58 days. (Hybrid seeds)
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Orange Sun pepper seedling.
Add to cart Harvest as succulent, blocky green bell peppers, or wait until the fruits mature to high-vis orange. The 10-13cm (4-5") long fruits have thick flesh with three to four lobes, and really excellent flavour. This is another bell pepper that looks sensational in salads, and has a highly developed interior cavity for stuffing. The productive plants seldom exceed 60cm (24") in height, and work well in three to five gallon containers if the soil is fertile, moist, and freely draining.
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Sage seedling.
Add to cart A staple of the herb garden. Dusty, green leaves are used n dressing, sauces, salted herbs, sausage and tea. Plant in partial sun/shade. Perennial herb. Will grow in most soils with good drainage and a fair amount of nitrogen. Good drainage is essential for overwintering.
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Spearmint seedling.
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Sweetly aromatic, Spearmint, can be used in both cooking and in potpourri and other fragrant decorative items. Spearmint herb is used to make mint jellies and sauces and of course, tea! Spearmint also has medicinal benefits as well. It is a wonderful addition for the garden that can easily be started with Spearmint herb seeds.
This perennial grows to 3 feet tall and spreads rapidly to indefinite widths. The 2 - 3 1/2 inch lance-shaped leaves are a unique wrinkled texture. Oblong terminal spikes of lavender-pink flowers appear all summer. Like other mints, Spearmint plants are extremely easy to grow. In fact, they grow so well, it is best to confine them to containers.
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Sweet basil seedling.
Perhaps the most popular and widely used culinary herb. It is a tender annual, aromatic plant with a spicy odor and flavor. It grows 12-18 inches tall and foliage color can range from green to purple. Foliage size can vary from large lettuce-like leaves to very small leaves, half inch in size.
Basil prefers a sunny location, and a soil that is well supplied with organic matter and is fertile. Basil also likes to be kept well-watered. Poorly prepared soils that are low in nutrients result in slow growing basil that is not very flavorful. Basil is excellent as a decorative/culinary herb in patio or balcony containers or in the garden.
Pinching the tips of stems encourages a bushy plant and more leaf growth resulting in a round plant full of aromatic basil. Basil flower buds should be removed by pinching as soon as you see them form. Leaving them on the plant will affect the flavor of the leaves.
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Sweet Marjoram seedlings.
Add to cart Sweet Marjoram is a key ingredient in many Mediterranean dishes adding a similar flavour to oregano, but more delicate. This pale green, bushy plant will spread readily if the tops are pinched out when young. Direct sow Sweet Marjoram seeds uncovered in the spring. Pull the whole plant up in fall and hang to dry or pot some up to grow on a windowsill all winter. Marjoram performs very well in containers or any part of the garden with good drainage and full sun. The flowers are attractive to honeybees and other pollinators, and the leaves and sprigs are great for flavouring oils and vinegars.
Grow in a sunny, warm spot. Marjoram is particularly good for repelling cabbage moths, and it can be planted between rows of Brassicas for this purpose. Also good around asparagus and basil.
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Thai basil seedling.
Add to cart Thai Basil is a spicy, anise-liquorice flavoured basil. With their lovely purple stems and purple-veined leaves on a shiny, dark green background, these plants are not only grown for their culinary uses but also as ornamental specimens. Thai Basil is widely used in the cuisines of Southeast Asia, including Thai, Vietnamese, Lao and Cambodian cuisines. It is best when eaten raw—in fact, a plate of raw Thai Basil leaves is often served as an accompaniment to the Vietnamese pho. The plant is said to have the ability to convey good fortune to its user while also protecting him or her from evil spirits. If a leaf is placed in one's pocket, it will cause money to enter one's pocket soon thereafter.