Facts - Chinese sura tree (Toona sinensis)
The taste:
Mild onion flavor
germination:
7 - 10 days
Growth until harvest:
16 - 24 days
Nitrogen requirements:
high - heavy feeder
pH range:
6.0 - 7.0 suitable plants
Ec - area:
1.8 - 2.4 suitable fish
Size:
5cm
Cultivation
Soaking the seeds:
for 24 hours
Soak the medium:
not necessary
Growth medium:
- Mixed potting soil (organic preferred)
- Coconut soil
- Peat-free potting soil
- Hemp mats
- Coconut soil
- Peat-free potting soil
- Hemp mats
Light:
12 hours of exposure per day, light at a
distance of 60 cm above the plants
distance of 60 cm above the plants
Germination temperature:
21°C
irrigation:
- Flood and drain twice a day
- spray surface with water sprayer in the morning and evening
- spray surface with water sprayer in the morning and evening
Preferred system:
Nutritional values per 100g
No nutritional data provided
Steps of cultivation
- Soak seeds in cold water for 24 hours, then drain the seeds
- Prepare growth medium and generously moisten the surface
- Distribute seeds evenly and avoid partial accumulations, moisten
- Cover and weigh down with any cover (e.g. a paving stone)
- Very long germination, it occurs in 7 - 10 days
- Remove cover and transfer to aquaponics system
- The ripe microgreens can be harvested after 16 to 24 days
- The best time is when the microgreens are approx. 5 cm tall and the real leaves are small
- Harvesting should take place in the morning or evening due to cooler temperatures
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