HR00057 EPAZOTE SEEDS
Chenopodium ambrosiodes
This 2-3 foot tall pungent annual is used widely in Mexican cooking to add fuller flavor to bean, corn, and fish dishes. It also helps prevent gas. Packet is 1/4 gram, about 1,250 seeds.
How to Plant EPAZOTE Seeds
Sow seed in cell packs or
flats, press into soil and
barely cover. Kept at
70° F., germination is
in about 7-14 days. Can be
direct sown into prepared
seed beds after all danger of
frost has passed. Thin to
6 inches apart.
Comments: Behaves as a
perennial where winters are mild. Easy to grow.
