When visiting Petersham nurseries last week I picked up some black salsify seeds. When I subscribed to a boxed vegetable delivery company, before discovering my local farmers market, I used to occasionally get salsify and really enjoyed it although it was a bit of a faff to prepare. It's also known as oyster plant which I find a tad off putting as I hate seafood. The thought of chucking down oysters make me want to chuck up. Anyway, the vegetable is lovely with a delicate flavour so I thought I'd grown some.
The seeds are packaged by the Italian seed company Franchi. There are directions on the back in basic diagrammatic form but I wanted to know a bit more. A quick google search revealed this readable and informative blog with lots of info. I've been keeping an eye out for things which will keep us fed in the colder months and salsify seems perfect.
My allotment neighbour mentioned growing it too so 'll give him some of our seeds. I might also swap some with the knitting for Medecins Sans Frontieres group I'm involved with, The knitting project is called p/hop (pennies per hours of pleasure) but we've started a new section called pea/hop for swapping seeds.
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Seeds details
Black Salsify
Variety: geante noire de russie
Botanical name: Scorzonera hispanica L.
Cost £1.70 Not sure how many seeds there are but they weigh 5g
Expire 12/2013
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