Cumin Seeds – Heirloom Warm Aromatic Spice Favorite
- Ontario Grown
$1.95
SKU: GS-5478-CUM-40+
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- Organicly grown
- Non GMO
Description
Le cumin est une plante à fleurs de la famille des Apiacées, originaire de la région irano-touranienne. Ses graines, chacune contenue dans un fruit séché, sont utilisées dans la cuisine de nombreuses cultures, entières ou moulues.
Spécifications
- Plant Name: Cumin (Cuminum cyminum)
- Cultivar Type: Heirloom, Open-Pollinated
- Plant Class: Tender Warm-Season Annual Herb / Spice Crop
- Color: Bright green thread-like foliage with delicate white-to-pale-pink flower umbels followed by light brown aromatic seeds
- Plant Characteristics: Slender, multi-branched habit (10–18 inches tall / 25–45 cm), fine feathery foliage, umbrella-like bloom heads, distinct spice scent
- Suitable Space: Kitchen herb plots, dedicated spice beds, raised beds, sunny border edging, container pots
- Season: Warm Season (Requires ~100 to 120 warm days to mature seed)
- Best Time for Sowing (Zone 6b): Start indoors late March to mid-April in soil blocks or deep plug trays (seeds germinate in 7–14 days at 20–22°C / 68–72°F); carefully transplant outdoors late May once soil is thoroughly warm
- all frost risk has passed. Alternatively, direct sow outdoors late May in a warm, sheltered location.: all frost risk has passed. Alternatively, direct sow outdoors late May in a warm, sheltered location.
- Sunlight: Full Sun (6+ hours direct sunlight daily; requires maximum heat to mature seed heads)
- Watering Needs: Low to Moderate (drought-tolerant once established; requires well-draining soil; reduce watering as seeds begin to dry on the plant)
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