Organic Artichoke Tavor Seeds

Genuine ANCESTRY SEED BANK Special Design packaging Planting & Growing Instruction read the seed packet. Professional DEFRA licence and Soil Association Organic Certified. UK based company.

The plants grow to a height of a meter or so. The round, unopened flower bud is compact ...Genuine ANCESTRY SEED BANK Special Design packaging Planting & Growing Instruction read the seed packet. Professional DEFRA licence and Soil Association Organic Certified.

UK based company. The plants grow to a height of a meter or so. The round, unopened flower bud is compact, comprised of tight layers of triangular, slightly pointed bracts.

The thick, green bracts are fleshy, somewhat curved, and sharp with small spines on the tips. As each layer is peeled away, the colour of the bracts transform from green to pale yellow or purple, and each bract grows smaller and smaller towards the interior, revealing a central heart surrounded by immature florets known as the choke. Globe artichokes should feel heavy for their size, and when the buds are gently squeezed, they should emit a sound referred to as a squeak.

Young Globe artichokes can be consumed raw, but many artichokes are sold in more mature stages, requiring cooking. When mature artichokes are cooked, the lower, fleshy base of the bracts and the heart are the only portions consumed. These fleshy bracts and heart develop a soft and tender consistency and have a green, nutty, and slightly tangy, vegetal flavour.

Soaking needs to be done at least a few hours before planting, and preferably overnight. To prevent damping off when starting seeds indoors, it’s essential that you disinfect all of your plastic grow trays, seed cells, and seedling tray covers before you reuse them. For Planting & Growing Instruction read the seed packet.