Chamomile, German (Matricaria recutita) seeds, organic
$3.95 – $49.10
Family: Aster (Asteracea)
Self-seeding annual, 90 days to harvest
(German Chamomile, Manzanilla) Annual or overwintering annual native to Europe. This is the delightfully aromatic Chamomile of tea fame. Traditional usage (TWM): stomachic, sedative. Plant prefers full sun and cool garden soils for germination. Prepare a fine seed bed, mix fine seed with sand, strew on surface and press in hard. Sow in early spring for flowers by early summer. It should be unnecessary to thin the plants, they grow fine in close association.
Packet contains 500 seeds
1 g contains ~7,500 seeds
5 g contains ~37,500 seeds
10 g contains ~75,000 seeds
Certified Organically Grown
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Gabriel –
Hi. How much would I need to broadcast seed an 1/8 of an acre?
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Richo Cech –
Hi Gabriel, I checked Hornok’s book “Cultivation and processing of medicinal plants” and they recommend 3 kg/hectare which works out to 300 g/.25 acre. That would be direct-seeding, so you could get by with 1/3 that much if you started in plugs and transplanted. richo
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Stephanie –
How can I prevent the birds from eating the seeds that I would sow closer to the sur6?
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Admin Richo Cech –
Chamomile seeds are too small for birds. other seeds (like clover for instance) can really attract birds. You can prepare a seedbed, scatter the seeds, tamp firmly then cover with a little straw if you want to confuse the bieds. very thin sprinkling of straw, the chamomile won’t want a thick mulch
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Jackie Tobey –
Is it too late to plant in Tennessee zone 7b?
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Admin Richo Cech –
Yes, it does seem a bit late.
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Christopher Keahon –
Which region do these grow in? I am in southern new york.
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Admin Richo Cech –
Chamomile is an easy spring annual, it grows throughout the temperate zone.
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Luna Rae –
What is the germination rate of the seed?
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Diana –
Hello Luna,
Thanks for your inquiry. The current lot of German Chamomile seed was tested 12/19 to 89%. I also tested it practically, when I sowed a medium-sized bed in early March. Checked it out yesterday and it is up and running! We have an old joke around here that it only comes up in the dog tracks, because it absolutely must be tamped in order to germinate, and our old dog Flo demonstrated this to us one year when she walked across the bed and the chamomile only came up in her tracks. So when my wife saw this year’s chamomile coming up, she said “dog tracks?” and I said, “my hand prints.” And she said “no difference,” which just show you how much like a dog she thinks I am.
Richo
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