Green Orache (Atriplex hortensis) organic seeds

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Green Orache (Atriplex hortensis) organic seeds

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The lushly growing green garden orache will stretch to a height of 2 m, whereby regular harvest always encourages its growth. Orache in general is one of the old vegetable varieties which is currently being rediscovered, but still rather rare. There is written evidence of the cultivation of orache seeds in Central Europe already around 800 AC in the estate of Charlemagne and some time later with Hildegard von Bingen.

The leaves are harvested and can be eaten either raw as a salad or boiled like spinach. When spinach made its entry into European vegetable gardens in the 16th century, it all but drove out the garden orache, and since then it is somewhat of a forgotten delicacy, as its leaves taste much milder and the plant is generally more vigorous and more productive than spinach. Orache is not only useful in the kitchen, but also as a medicinal plant, dye plant and for production of biomass.

100 green orache seeds

Plant description

Lifecycle:	Annual
Flowering months:	July August September
Flower colour:	Green
Special features:	Open-pollinated
Species:	Amaranthaceae

Growing advice

Sowing depth:	1 cm
When to sow outdoors:	February March April May June July August
Germination time:	1-2 weeks
Germination temperature:	10-18°C
Planting distance:	15 cm
Row spacing:	40 cm
Bad companion plants:	Chard Beetroot Guter Heinrich
Sunlight:	Shade Full sun

Sow orache seeds directly into open land, starting from March until August. Plant in rows (distance: 20-25 cm). The seed is covered and pressed with a layer of soil 1-2 times the thickness of the seed. Grows very fast. Possibly needs watering in summer. Harvest: April to September. Take the leaves of 15 - 40cm large plants and let others grow undisturbed.

Other names

Botanical name:	Atriplex hortensis, A. acuminata, A. rubra, Chenopodium benghalense
German names:	Spanischer Salat, Spanischer Spinat, Orache, Molkenkraut, Maiflitsch
French names:	Arroche, Arroche des Jardins, Arroche Cultivée, Arronse, Belle-Dame, Bonne-Dame, Chou D’amour, Épinard Géant, Faux Épinard, Érode, Folette
English names:	Garden Orache, Mountain Spinach, French Spinach, Orache, Arrach
Spanish names:	Armoles, Armuelle, Armuelle de Huerta, Armuelles, Armuelles Blancos, Armuelles Cultivados, Armuelles de Huerta, Armuelles de Zorra, Armuelles Domésticos, Armuelles Silvestres, Bledos Moles, Bledos Reales Colorados, Cogolletes, Espinaca de Carne, Ramos de Coral
Italian names:	Atreplice degli Orti, Bietolone Rosso