PLAINPALAIS AB SILVER SPINED CARDON
Cynara cardunculus
RécolteConseils de semis
Cycle de vie : perennial
Durée de levée : 10 to 12 days
Température de levée : 23 to 26°C
Technique de semis : in pocket
Profondeur de semis : equal to the seed size
Contenants de semis : in a bucket / in open ground
Conseils de culture
Description
A Swiss variety renowned for its exceptional taste, reaching a height of approximately 1.5 m. Its numerous, wide, spiny, bright green ribs are very decorative. It keeps well in the garden and cellar.
Sowing
Sowing: in pots in April, or direct in mid-May. Transplant when the plants have 3-4 leaves, in deep soil rich in organic matter, 1 m in the row and 1.5 m between rows. Cardoons, from the same family as artichokes, have an average height of 1.5-2 m. From the end of September, raise the plant, bundle the leaves and hill up to 30 cm. Harvest 5 to 7 months after sowing.
