Autumn sowing

When most crops have been harvested in late summer and the first gaps appear in the beds, it is time for autumn sowing. The aim is to harvest herbs and vegetables throughout the year and to keep the soil covered. Asian salads, lamb’s lettuce, garden cress or spinach can be sown into October and harvested after just a few weeks. Many cabbage varieties are hardy or actually need a good frost to develop their flavor. In addition, winter leek varieties and spring onions are suitable for overwintering. For those in a hurry, we recommend sowing rocket, which is ready to harvest in 3 weeks. Autumn sowing of biennial and perennial herbs and flowers means that they grow and bloom particularly vigorously in spring. Sowing green manure is a good way to revitalize stressed and depleted soils over the fall and winter. After the incorporation of the green manure plants in spring, their nutrients are released and are available for the next crops.

A Grumolo verde - Radicchio

Dark-green lettuce-rosette for harvesting from early spring onwards. Do not let rosettes grow too large before harvesting them, as they become increasingly bitter.

€3.05
A pied court de Plainpalais - Savoy Cabbage

Savoy cabbage from the Plainpalais region near Geneva. Head flat-to-roundish, leaves finely curled and thin, excellent taste. Harvest from autumn into winter. Tolerates frost to -5°C.

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Albina Vereduna - Beetroot

White-fleshed, original variety with a sweet and spicy taste. Leaves can be cooked like spinach for eating. Suitable for keeping after the leaves have wilted. Due to a lack of the dye betanin, hands and kitchen stay clean.

€3.42
Alfalfa - Green manure

Perennial, valuable green manure and fodder plant. Particularly deep rooting. Fixes nitrogen and opens up soil for following crops. Grows even in dry conditions. Great for insects, too.

€3.05
American Brown - Leaf lettuce

Slightly wavy, red-brown leaves. Vigorous and robust variety. Can be cultivated as looseleaf variety.

€3.05
Amsterdam 2 - Carrots

Very early variety for first cultivation, under cover (fleece) or outdoors. Used as bunching carrot. Upright resistant foliage. Long, slender roots, quick to colour inside and outside.

€3.05
Amsterdams Reuzenblad (First Harvest) - Spinach

Fast-growing variety for very late outdoor cultivation, as well as very early growing outdoors, or under cover. Sow from mid August to mid September, and end December to beginning of February.

€3.05
Angela SG - Beetroot

Evenly shaped, round, beetroot with a smooth skin and a sweet taste. The fruit and skin are uniformly purple in color. Very suitable for storage.

€3.05
Angelica - Angelica archangelica

Medicinal plant that is ideal as a specimen perennial. The two-year-old plant grows to the height of a person and smells pleasantly aromatic. Great for bees and other insects. Due to slow germination patience is required. Direct sowing in summer works best.

€3.42
Apéro for Bees - Green manure

Simple, fast-growing wildflower mix. This mix of wildflowers and herbs from Swiss ecotypes (harvested in the wild or propagated in Switzerland) provides an abundant source of nutrition for pollinators and other beneficial organisms. Partially dies off in winter.

€3.05
Astera - Green manure

Neutral blend useful before spring cultivation. Composed of pulses, clovers and grasses, this mix is highly effective in fixing nitrogen in soil and the formation of humus.

€3.05
Azur-Star - Kohlrabi violet

Very early, purple variety. For heated cultivation, but also outdoor. Bolt resistant, tender, slightly flattish round bulbs.

€3.01
Babykale - Kale

Variety bred by Sativa with beautiful leaf variations for a high-yield harvest as baby leaf. As with Asian lettuce, the leaves can be cut several times and are suitable for salad mixes, pesto or smoothies. Ideal for autumn cultivation.

€3.38
Baquieu - Butterhead Lettuces

Red, smallish head. Suitable for cultivation over winter, or for sowing in early spring.

€3.01
Beemeadow 'Mellifera' - Green manure

Mix of annual herbs and flowers, recommended by Mellifera e.V. A rich buffet of nectar and pollen for bumblebees, butterflies, honey bees and solitary bees. Ideal for small open spaces and isolated flowerbeds in gardens, with the added benefit of improving soil fertility.

€2.73
Biodiversity mix - Green manure

Species-rich mixture with a high proportion of legumes to promote microbial diversity in the soil. Attracts beneficial insects. Loosens the soil and suppresses diseases.

€15.25
Birdsfoot Trefoil - Green manure

Deep rooting, perennial green manure plant. Fixes nitrogen. Height 5-30 cm. Particularly suited for chalky ground. Tolerant of cold and drought. Beneficial to a wide variety of insects.

€3.05
Bittersweet Nightshade - Solanum dulcamara

Important perennial medicinal plant, will grow to approx. 80 cm in height. Flowers from 2nd year onwards. Loves full sun. Owing to fungal infection risk (fusarium), maintain long term crop rotation. Cultivation and transplanting in small clumps is recommended.

€3.42
Black Henbane - Hyoscyamus niger

Solanaceous plant about 60 cm high, producing dainty, funnel-shaped flowers and attractive seed heads with small capsules in autumn. Since ancient times it has been used as a medicinal and poisonous plant and also as a 'witch plant' because of its intoxicating effect.

€3.42
Black Medick - Green manure

Annual to perennial, early flowering species, also known as hop clover. For limy soil and warmer, rather dry climate. Good as green manure or as underseed for vegetables or grains. Fast-growing but weak in competition from the second use.

€2.73
Blanc globe à collet violet (Purple Top Milan) - (May) Turnip

Fast growing, flat to round May Turnip, shoulder red to purple. Aficionados harvest the May Turnip as young as possible and love to eat it either raw or cooked. The delicate white flesh is aromatic with a slight tang.

€3.01
Blanc globe à collet violet (Zurich) - (May) Turnip

Purple round bulbs with white flesh. Selected from "Blanc Globe à collet violet". Keeps well. For direct consumption grow close together, for carved jack-o'lanterns give more space. Sowing directly into the soil gives the best results.

€3.01
Blaril KS - Kohlrabi

Large blue bulbs for harvest in autumn. Up to 1 kg in weight, tender and tasty. Depending on time of sowin,g for harvest in autumn or for storage. Planting distane 30x30 to 40x60, depending on required size.

€3.01
Blauhilde - Runner Beans

Early-ripening, abundantly producing variety for unprotected propagation. Blauhilde's round pod are blue to purple, fleshy and thick. The pods are tasty and turn dark green when cooked.

€3.38

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