What to Sow in December
Below is our full range of seeds, suitable for sowing in December. The added benefit of winter sowing is that you’ll get a much better succession of harvests later on, compared to the fewer you’d get from spring sowings. Our top 5 ideas for vegetable seeds to sow in December are: Broad Beans, Onions, Mustard, Corn Salad (Lambs Lettuce), Microgreens
Even in the depths of winter, you can keep sowing and growing. To boost your chances of success, consider investing in a heated propagator. If sowing in a greenhouse, ensure it’s well-insulated and consider using a heater to stop the temperature from dropping too low.
Pak Choi Red is a microgreen known by many names. Perhaps more recognisable as Chinese cabbage or bok choy, it’s a very easy microgreen to grow both in terms of the technique and its speed. You can get a fresh batch of Pak Choi microgreens every 10 days if you...
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Radish China Rose microgreens have wonderful bright pink coloured stems and vibrant green leaves that will liven up any plate. They are rich in vitamins and are suitable for sprouts or microgreens. Radish shoots have a slightly spicy flavour and will be ready to eat in 2-3 days for shoots...
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Rocket microgreen is perhaps the most popular salad green in the world! Equally the most popular ingredient in salad mixes. The same mild peppery taste can now be enjoyed in microgreen format. Rocket microgreen taste intensifies the smaller that you harvest the plants, with taller plants being milder. Rocket is...
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Chickpeas (Cicer arietinum), also known as Garbanzo or Chana, are one of the most nutritious and protein-rich seeds. Chickpeas are also the easiest seed to sprout and are a great way to start sprouting for anyone wanting to try for the first time, taking only a few days before you...
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Lentil Green Microgreens are one of the most popular microgreens, certainly one of our favourites too! Lentils come in many colours but this particular variety is light green in colour and as it sprouts it reveals inside its light yellow colouring. Lentils are fun and easy to grow, both as...
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Mustard White microgreens have a wonderful spicy warm flavour, some say it tastes like a mild version of horseradish. Mustard is a very quick growing crop and can be ready to harvest in as little as 7 days. White Mustard is a rich source of Kaempferol and Apigenin, plant compounds...
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Amaranth Red Army (also known as Calaloo, Rajgira, Lal Saag) have intense reddish leaves with cherry pink stems and has a slightly nutty flavour. It is very easy and quick to grow microgreen, babyleaf or up to mature leaf size. Interesting facts...Aztec tribes consumed Amaranth for 80% of their diet!Amaranth...
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Radish Sango microgreens have the most amazing deep red/purple leaves that will liven up any plate. They are rich in vitamins and are suitable for sprouts or microgreens. Radish shoots have a slightly spicy flavour and will be ready to eat in 2-3 days for shoots and 7 days for...
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Radish Daikon microgreens have beautiful white stems and deliciously light green leaves. Unlike other radishes, Daikon is less spicy and has a sweet and light peppery taste. They are rich in vitamins and are suitable for sprouts or microgreens. Radish shoots have a slightly spicy flavour and will be...
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Swiss Chard Bright Lights microgreen brings a rainbow of colours onto the plate, with a light spinach flavour. Please note that Swiss Chard can only be grown as a microgreen. Not suitable for sprouting. How to grow Swiss Chard Bright Lights Microgreen Seeds: Equipment3 x Growing traysGrowing mediumRocket Wild Seeds Culture...
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Pink Kale, also known as Red Kohlrabi, tastes like mild sweet red cabbage, some would say also has a milder turnip flavour too, but the taste is more round than red cabbage sprouts. Pink kale sprouts are cultivated from pink cabbage, which is a sister of red kale/cabbage. Pink Kale...
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Red Clover microgreens are a lovely light green and have a fresh, mild sweetness. They’re very similar to alfalfa sprouts, but with plump, crunchy cotyledons. Also unlike alfalfa sprouts, they don’t hang onto their seed hulls, which means less work for you! In fact, these microgreens are hardly any work...
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Garlic Chives/Chinese Leek is one of the most gourmet crops in the world of microgreens. A crop of Garlic Chives looks like a bunch of miniature scallions - or perhaps miniature chives are more correct in this case. Either way - they are visually stunning and they have a mild...
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Mustard Black microgreens have a wonderful sweet hot mustard flavour from its lacy lime green leaves, some say it tastes like a mild version of horseradish. Mustard is a very quick growing crop and can be ready to harvest in as little as 7 days. Black Mustard is a rich...
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Flax Microgreen is a tall and lanky Microgreen, Flax is desired by many for the nutritional qualities of the seed. The seed is often used for teas which aid intestinal health, added to cereals, breads or just ground up in healthy drinks. Whether you are growing Flax or just looking for seed...
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Daucus Carota 'Dara' Cut Flower Seeds The stunning Daucus Carota 'Dara' is a wild showstopper in every garden with a bunch of tiny flowers. This gorgeous cut flower is a wild carrot with a firm lacy texture on a flat flower cluster. The splendid mixture of white, red, pink, purple...
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