SILVERBEET-MAGENTA

Magenta is a strikingly beautifully coloured, new silverbeet that has an excellent mild flavour. It is rich in Iron and many other vitamins and minerals. The stems and leaves make a great colourful addition to stirfries and even salads. All the plant parts are edible. It is an easy vegetable to grow in the home garden, It gives an extremely colourful display in the edible garden and can hold its own in the ornamental garden as well. It is well suited to all climates, although it does best when you avoid growing it in very hot months it will cope well enough with mildly hot weather. Plant Sep-Mar in Cold areas Sep-May in Temperate areas, anytime in Subtropics and Feb-Sep in the full Tropics. Soak the seeds a few hours before sowing, as they only absorb water slowly. Sow thinly in drills 30-40cm apart and 12mm deep. Cover the seeds with 1 cm of soil. Keep damp with light watering until seeldings emerge in 10-15 days. Have a year round supply with 2 or 3 sowings between Spring & Autumn.

QTY 50 seeds