BURDOCK

 

Plant early in the Spring and be careful when weeding as the young plants closely resemble a weed relative.  Plant seeds about half inch deep about one seed every inch.  Plant about the same time as peas.  (Approximately 40 seeds/pkt.) UPDATED FOR 2020

 

Takinogawa- 105 days-  Long skinny roots that are used in Japanese cooking. We get huge plants here and the roots get rather large. I am still not an expert on how to fix this properly to get the best usable roots. The plants are impressive here and they go to seed and resemble a local weed our cockle burr except these got 8 feet tall.  Pkt. $1.50  3 pkts. for $3.75 Certified Organic Seed