Cardoon Seeds

✅ Product: Cardoon Seeds, Cynara cardunculus

✅ Description: Cardoons have a much larger, thicker midrib than artichokes, which is peeled and roasted. When prepared correctly, it has a flavor similar to artichoke hearts.

✅ Seed Quantity: 0.75 Gram = ~20 Seeds

✅ Life Cycle: Perennial (grown as an annual in colder climates)

✅ Light Requirement: Full Sun

✅ Planting Season: Spring

✅ Plant Type: Vegetable

✅ Features: Large, thick midribs, Edible when peeled and roasted, Flavor similar to artichoke hearts

✅ Days to Maturity: 90-120 Days

✅ Plant Spacing: 36-48 inches apart

✅ Planting Depth: 1/4 inch deep

✅ Sowing Method: Direct Sow or Start Indoors

✅ Cold Stratification: Not required

✅ USDA Zones: 7-10 (can be grown as an annual in zones 5-6)

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