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Growing Scorzonera & Salsify From Seed
How to grow scorzonera and salsify: soil, direct sowing and thinning, seeding rates, harvest and storage.
By Hensley’s Seed Co.
Scorzonera & Salsify - Key Growing Information
SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Scorzonera hispanica, Tragopogon porrifolius
CULTURE:
Both scorzonera and salsify like deep, loose, well-drained soil. Sow in early to mid-spring, ½" deep and about 1" apart (20 seeds per foot) in a 2" band, with rows 18–24" apart. Keep the soil from drying out until seedlings emerge, then thin to 2–3".
AVG. DIRECT SEEDING RATE:
At 20 seeds per foot in 24" rows: scorzonera, about 120' per oz., 8.3 oz. per 1,000', or 11.5 lb. per acre; salsify, about 130' per oz., 7.7 oz. per 1,000', or 10.5 lb. per acre.
HARVEST:
Dig the roots in late fall.
STORAGE:
Leave them in the ground over winter as with parsnips, or store them at 32°F (0°C) and 95% relative humidity, in a root cellar or the refrigerator.
SEED SPECS:
AVG. SEEDS/LB.: scorzonera about 36,250; salsify about 42,750.
PACKET:
100 seeds per packet, enough for about 5'.
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