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Products description
Botanical name: Heracleum sphondylium
Synonym: Heracleum ceretanum, Heracleum granatense, Heracleum longifolium, Heracleum montanum
Common name: Hogweed, cow parsnip
Family: Apiaceae
Native to: Europe
Life cycle: perennial
Flower colour: white
Flower time (Central / West-Europe): June to September
Height: up to 150cm
Characteristics and usage: culinary herb, edible young leaves and shoots, for bees
Weight of 1000 seeds: 5,5g
Seeds per gram: 180
Cultivation / direction of sowing: sow seed at 18-22ºC (64-72ºF) for 2-4 weeks, move to -4 to +4ºC (24-39ºF) for 4-6 weeks, move to 5-12ºC (41-53ºF) for germination.
Synonym: Heracleum ceretanum, Heracleum granatense, Heracleum longifolium, Heracleum montanum
Common name: Hogweed, cow parsnip
Family: Apiaceae
Native to: Europe
Life cycle: perennial
Flower colour: white
Flower time (Central / West-Europe): June to September
Height: up to 150cm
Characteristics and usage: culinary herb, edible young leaves and shoots, for bees
Weight of 1000 seeds: 5,5g
Seeds per gram: 180
Cultivation / direction of sowing: sow seed at 18-22ºC (64-72ºF) for 2-4 weeks, move to -4 to +4ºC (24-39ºF) for 4-6 weeks, move to 5-12ºC (41-53ºF) for germination.
