Fresh Smoothie Greens
Our award winning ‘Slab of Seed’ is made from organically enriched super-soil and infused with the finest Heirloom seed grown by expert farmers from around the world. The slab itself will hold water 3x longer than the soil it is planted in, is easy to space and plant and the added soil pro-biotics improve the growth of the plant and the taste of the harvest. This Slab of Seed will grow you 3 delicious heirloom* smoothie green varieties: Cucumber – Kale – Spinach (*Heirloom seed is the purest & oldest seed on earth – read below why I chose these delicious varieties)
- SPROUTS IN: 10 – 15 days
- HARVEST IN: 8 – 12 weeks
- PICK FOR: 6+ weeks
- GROWS ‘SOW’ MUCH: 12 block slab – 1 block yields = 4Kg+ of Greens
HOW TO GROW
HOW TO GROW
WHEN TO SOW?
WHEN TO SOW?
WHY I LOVE THESE HEIRLOOMS
WHY I LOVE THESE HEIRLOOMS
MUNCHER cucumber is a Lebanese type with smooth, glossy green fruit 12cm long by 2cm across. Like other Lebenese cucumbers this variety has sparse white spines, although these can easily be removed by kitchen scourer. This variety produces heavily on compact vines making these cucumbers excellent for container gardening. These cucumbers are a non-bitter variety and can be eaten at any stage of growth. They make great pickles and is excellent for fresh eating as well. Muncher Burpless Cucumber can be traced back to its parent species, Cucumis sativus, which is believed to have originated in the region of South Asia, including India and Pakistan. First domesticated in ancient times they were grown for their culinary uses as well as for their medicinal properties.
TASTING NOTE: Sweet & crunchy
TUSCAN (lacinato) kale grows 60 to 90 cm tall and has dark blue-green leaves with an "embossed texture". Its taste is described as "slightly sweeter and more delicate" than curly kale and "slightly bitter & earthy". The Tuscan variety is sometimes called dinosaur kale because its bumpy leaves may resemble what dinosaur skin looked like. Because of its taste, it has been called "the darling of the culinary world". The straplike leaves are typically harvested from the bottom of the stem upwards. Tuscan kale dates to the 18th century in Italy and has been grown in Tuscany for centuries.
TASTING NOTE: Nutty & Hearty
MAGENTA spinach (is actually swiss chard but South Africans call it spinach - which in reality is a completely different plant variety). These plants have excellent yields of dark green leaves with bright magenta stalks and veining. Dark green leaves are slightly rumpled. It’s unclear just how old chard is, but several sources mention Aristotle giving a shout-out to red-stalked chard around 350 BC, and that both his Greek colleagues and Roman counterparts revered it for its medicinal prowess. If you harvest leaves from the outside in, leaving the crown (small leaves in the center) in tact, you will be able to harvest this heirloom for months.
TASTING NOTE: Vibrant & Earthy
