The Thai Culinary Hot pepper is great to cook with. The peppers are very tasty and are about 7.5 cm long. The peppers grow upright in clusters. The Thai Culinary Hot is a compact plant and therefore very suitable for pots and containers. Species: Capsicum
The Thai Culinary Hot pepper is great to cook with. The peppers are very tasty and are about 7.5 cm long. The peppers grow upright in clusters. The Thai Culinary Hot is a compact plant and therefore very suitable for pots and containers. Species: Capsicum Annuum
<h2 class=""><strong>Cayenne Chili Seeds (Mixed Colors)</strong></h2>
<h2><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Price for Package of 10 or 50 seeds. </strong></span></h2>
<div>Strong upright plants produce large-shouldered, wrinkled, tapered, and curved fruit ranging from 15 to 20 cm long by 3 cm in diameter with medium-thick flesh. <br><br>The fruit color is dark green turning to yellow, orange, red when ripe. 30,000 - 40,000 SHU's. <br><br>Matures in 70-80 days.</div>
<div><br>Tips on Growing Cayenne Long Slim Chili Pepper Seeds:</div>
<div>GROWING SEEDLINGS:</div>
<div>Sow Chili Pepper seeds in shallow flats, 4 seeds/in., 1/4" deep, in late February or March or about 8-12 weeks prior to transplanting outdoors.</div>
<div>If possible, maintain soil temperatures 80-85°F (27-29°C). Pepper seed germinates very slowly in cooler soil, and may very well rot before they germinate.</div>
<div>Well-drained, fertile soil with abundant amounts of phosphorus, magnesium and calcium is best. Peppers do well without much added nitrogen. They are also more tolerant of acid soil than many other Garden Vegetables. Chili Peppers are less likely than bell or sweet peppers to object to the low level of aeration in heavy clay soils. Just remember to water them well in hot and dry weather.</div>
<div>When the first true leaves just show, transplant 2-3" apart in flats or 2" cell-type containers.</div>
<div>The use of 2" or larger cells will produce larger plants with better-developed root systems.</div>
<div>Harden off the pepper plants one to two weeks before your last frost by setting them outdoors, if the plants have blossoms cover the tomato plants at night until the night temperature is warmer.</div>
<div>Grow plants at approx. 70°F (21°C) day and 60°F (16°C) nights.</div>
<div>Do not let people that smoke handle your peppers or pick your peppers before they wash their hands. The virus that causes tobacco mosaic which will affect peppers, survives the cigarette manufacturing processes.</div>
<div>COLD TREATMENT:</div>
<div>Exposing the seedlings to controlled cold treatments can increase the number of flowers and fruits.</div>
<div>When the third true leaf appears, grow the plants at a minimum night temp. of 53-55°F (12-13°C) for 4 weeks.</div>
<div>The plants should receive full sunlight.</div>
<div>After 4 weeks adjust temperature to 70°F (21°C) day and night. If this technique is used, peppers should be seeded 1-2 weeks earlier than usual.</div>
<div>TRANSPLANTING:</div>
<div>Transplant out after frost when the soil is warm and weather is settled.</div>
<div>Ideal seedlings have buds, but no open flowers.</div>
<div>When setting out peppers plants I bury them 2 inches deeper than what they were in the pots or trays. Set plants 12-18" apart in rows 24-36" apart, or 2 rows on poly/paper mulch, 18" between plants.</div>
<div>Water-in transplants using a high phosphorus solution.</div>
<div>Use Row Covers: Cold weather is buffered and earliness increased by using plastic mulch, especially in combination with a slotted row cover or lightweight fabric row cover supported by wire hoops.</div>
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<p>Remove row covers when in sunny weather above 85°F (29°C) to prevent heat damage.</p>
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<h2 class=""><strong>Chickpea Seeds (Cicer arietinum)</strong></h2>
<h2><span style="color: #ff0000;" class=""><strong>Price for Package of 6g (20) seeds.</strong></span></h2>
<p>The chickpea (Cicer arietinum) is a legume of the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. Formerly known as the gram,[1] it is also commonly known as garbanzo or garbanzo bean and sometimes known as ceci, cece, channa, or Bengal gram. Its seeds are high in protein. It is one of the earliest cultivated legumes: 7,500-year-old remains have been found in the Middle East.</p>
<p><strong>Description</strong></p>
<p>The plant grows to between 20–50 cm (8–20 inches) high and has small feathery leaves on either side of the stem. Chickpeas are a type of pulse, with one seedpod containing two or three peas. It has white flowers with blue, violet or pink veins.</p>
<p><strong>Etymology</strong></p>
<p>The name "chickpea" traces back through the French chiche to cicer, Latin for ‘chickpea’ (from which the Roman cognomen Cicero was taken). The Oxford English Dictionary lists a 1548 citation that reads, "Cicer may be named in English Cich, or ciche pease, after the Frenche tongue." The dictionary cites "Chick-pea" in the mid-18th century; the original word in English taken directly from French was chich, found in print in English in 1388.</p>
<p>The word garbanzo came first to English as garvance in the 17th century, from an alteration of the Old Spanish word arvanço (presumably influenced by garroba), being gradually anglicized to calavance, though it came to refer to a variety of other beans (cf. Calavance). The current form garbanzo comes directly from modern Spanish. This word is still used in Latin America and Spain to designate chickpeas.[3] Some have suggested that the origin of the word arvanço is in the Greek erebinthos. Another possible origin is the word garbantzu, from Basque — a non-Indo-European tongue, believed to be one of the oldest languages in Europe — in which it is a compound of garau, seed + antzu, dry.</p>
<p><strong>History</strong></p>
<p>Domesticated chickpeas have been found in the aceramic levels of Jericho (PPNB) along with Cayönü in Turkey and in Neolithic pottery at Hacilar, Turkey. They were found in the late Neolithic (about 3500 BCE) at Thessaly, Kastanas, Lerna and Dimini, Greece. In southern France Mesolithic layers in a cave at L'Abeurador, Aude have yielded wild chickpeas carbon dated to 6790±90 BCE.[4]</p>
<p>By the Bronze Age, chickpeas were known in Italy and Greece. In classical Greece, they were called erébinthos and eaten as a staple, a dessert, or consumed raw when young. The Romans knew several varieties such as venus, ram, and punic chickpeas. They were both cooked down into a broth and roasted as a snack. The Roman gourmet Apicius gives several recipes for chickpeas. Carbonized chickpeas have been found at the Roman legion fort at Neuss (Novaesium), Germany in layers from the first century CE, along with rice.</p>
<p>Chickpeas are mentioned in Charlemagne's Capitulare de villis (about 800 CE) as cicer italicum, as grown in each imperial demesne. Albertus Magnus mentions red, white and black varieties. Nicholas Culpeper noted "chick-pease or cicers" are less "windy" than peas and more nourishing. Ancient people also associated chickpeas with Venus because they were said to offer medical uses such as increasing sperm and milk, provoking menstruation and urine and helping to treat kidney stones.[5] "White cicers" were thought to be especially strong and helpful.</p>
<p>In 1793, ground-roast chickpeas were noted by a German writer as a substitute for coffee in Europe. In the First World War, they were grown for this use in some areas of Germany. They are still sometimes brewed instead of coffee.</p>
<p><strong>Sequencing the chickpea genome</strong></p>
<p>Sequencing of the chickpea genome has been completed for 90 chickpea genotypes, including several wild species. A collaboration of 20 research organizations, led by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) identified more than 28,000 genes and several million genetic markers. Scientists expect this work will lead to the development of superior varieties. The new research will benefit the millions of developing country farmers who grow chickpea as a source of much needed income, as well as for its ability to add nitrogen to the soil in which it grows. Production is growing rapidly across the developing world, especially in West Asia where production has grown four-fold over the past 30 years. India is by far the world largest producer but is also the largest importer.</p>
<p><strong><em>Uses</em></strong></p>
<p><strong>Human consumption</strong></p>
<p>Mature chickpeas can be cooked and eaten cold in salads, cooked in stews, ground into a flour called gram flour (also known as chickpea flour and besan and used frequently in Indian cuisine), ground and shaped in balls and fried as falafel, stirred into a batter and baked to make farinata or panelle.</p>
<p>In the Iberian Peninsula, chickpeas are very popular: In Portugal it is one of the main ingredients in Rancho, consumed with pasta, and meat, including Portuguese sausages, or with rice. they are also often used in other hot dishes with bacalhau and in soup. In Spain they are often used cold in different tapas and salads, as well as in cocido madrileño. In Egypt, chickpeas are used as a topping for Kushari.</p>
<p>Hummus is the Arabic word for chickpeas, which are often cooked and ground into a paste and mixed with tahini, sesame seed paste, the blend called hummus bi tahini, or chickpeas are roasted, spiced, and eaten as a snack, such as leblebi. By the end of the 20th century, hummus had emerged as part of the American culinary fabric. By 2010, 5% of Americans consumed hummus on a regular basis, and it was present in 17% of American households.</p>
<p>Some varieties of chickpeas can be popped and eaten like popcorn.</p>
<p>Chickpeas and Bengal grams are used to make curries and are one of the most popular vegetarian foods in the Indian Subcontinent and in diaspora communities of many other countries. Popular dishes in Indian cuisine are made with chickpea flour, such as Mirchi Bajji and Mirapakaya bajji Telugu. In India, as well as in the Levant, unripe chickpeas are often picked out of the pod and eaten as a raw snack and the leaves are eaten as a green vegetable in salads.</p>
<p>Chickpea flour is used to make "Burmese tofu" which was first known among the Shan people of Burma. The flour is used as a batter to coat various vegetables and meats before frying, such as with panelle, a chickpea fritter from Sicily.[14] Chickpea flour is used to make the Mediterranean flatbread socca and a patty called panisse in Provence, southern France, made of cooked chickpea flour, poured into saucers, allowed to set, cut in strips, and fried in olive oil, often eaten during Lent.</p>
<p>In the Philippines, garbanzo beans preserved in syrup are eaten as sweets and in desserts such as halo-halo. Ashkenazi Jews traditionally serve whole chickpeas at a Shalom Zachar celebration for baby boys.</p>
<p>Guasanas is a Mexican chickpea recipe in which the beans are cooked in water and salt.</p>
<p>Dried chickpeas need a long cooking time (1–2 hours) but will easily fall apart when cooked longer. If soaked for 12–24 hours before use, cooking time can be shortened by around 30 minutes. To make smooth hummus the cooked chickpeas must be processed while quite hot, since the skins disintegrate only when hot.</p>
<p>Chickpeas (Cicer arietinum) do not cause lathyrism. Similarly named "chickling peas" (Lathyrus sativus) and other plants of the genus Lathyrus contain the toxins associated with lathyrism.</p>
<p><strong>Nutrition</strong></p>
<p>Chickpeas are an excellent source of the essential nutrients iron, folate, phosphorus, protein and dietary fiber (USDA nutrient table). Chickpeas are low in fat and most of this is polyunsaturated. The nutrient profile of the smaller variety appears to be different, especially for fiber content which is higher than in the larger light colored variety.</p>
<p>Preliminary research has shown that chickpea consumption may lower blood cholesterol.</p>
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<h2><strong>Armenian Yard Long Cucumber Seeds</strong></h2>
<h2><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Price for Package of 10 or 20 seeds.</strong></span></h2>
<p>65 days. Cucumis sativus. Plant produces good yields of 3 foot long slim light green cucumbers. Best when harvested when 12" long. This is the longest cucumber on the market. It is an excellent slicer and perfect for salads and gourmet dishes. It has a crisp mild flavor and is easy to digest. Impress your neighbors and grow a 3 foot long cucumber in your home garden! United States Department of Agriculture, NSL 65913.</p>
<p><em><strong>Disease Resistant: Mosaic Virus.</strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong>WIKIPEDIA:</strong></em></p>
<p>The <b>Armenian cucumber</b>, <b><i>Cucumis melo</i> var. <i>flexuosus</i></b>, is a type of long, slender fruit that tastes like a cucumber and looks somewhat like a cucumber inside. It is actually a variety of muskmelon (<i>C. melo</i>), a species closely related to the cucumber (<i>C. sativus</i>). It is also known as the <b>yard-long cucumber</b>, <b>snake cucumber</b>, <b>snake melon</b>, and <i>uri</i> in Japan. It should not be confused with the snake gourds (<i>Trichosanthes</i> spp.). The skin is very thin, light green, and bumpless. It has no bitterness and the fruit is almost always used without peeling. It is also sometimes called a "gutah".</p>
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<p>The Armenian cucumber grows approximately 30 to 36 inches (76 to 91 cm) long. It grows equally well on the ground or on a<span> </span>trellis. Armenian cucumber plants prefer to grow in full sun for most of the day. The fruit is most flavorful when it is 12 to 15 inches (30 to 38 cm) long. Pickled Armenian cucumber is sold in Middle Eastern markets as "Pickled Wild Cucumber".</p>
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<p>Fredric Hasselquist, in his travels in<span> </span>Asia Minor,<span> </span>Egypt,<span> </span>Cyprus,<span> </span>and<span> </span>Palestine<span> </span>in the 18th century, came across the "Egyptian or hairy cucumber,<span> </span><i>Cucumis chate</i>", which is today included in the Armenian variety. It is said by Hasselquist to be the “queen of cucumbers, refreshing, sweet, solid, and wholesome.” He also states “they still form a great part of the food of the lower-class people in Egypt serving them for meat, drink, and physic.” George E. Post, in<span> </span><i>Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible</i>, states, “It is longer and more slender than the<span> </span>common cucumber, being often more than a foot long, and sometimes less than an inch thick, and pointed at both ends.”</p>
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<h2><strong>Black sesame seeds (Sesamum indicum)</strong></h2>
<h2><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;" class="">Price is for package 1 g (350) seeds.</span></strong></h2>
<p>Seeds of black sesame are best when lightly fry one minute because it enhances the earthy, nutty taste. It is usually used in Asian dishes in sushi, rice dishes and salads. It is good with eggplant, fish, green vegetables, honey, root vegetables, lemon, pasta, rice, sugar, zucchini. Seeds of black sesame, which are not removed from the membrane, contain as much as 60 percent more calcium hulled. Sesame is considered to be the oldest oilseed in human use.</p>
<p>Extremely rich in magnesium and calcium, it helps regulate blood pressure and prevents the appearance of migraines due to a bad state of blood vessels. In addition, suppresses the occurrence of asthma spasms.</p>
The Thai Culinary Hot pepper is great to cook with. The peppers are very tasty and are about 7.5 cm long. The peppers grow upright in clusters. The Thai Culinary Hot is a compact plant and therefore very suitable for pots and containers. Species: Capsicum