Dear ebayers,

Please find for sale circa 200+ fresh seeds of Artemisia Absinthium, better known as Wormwood.

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Wormwood is a herb that has a distinctive aroma & herbaceous flavour. Wormwood can be found in the wild in most of the UK and parts of Ireland but is actually an Archaeophyte - not actually a native plant but has been here for many centuries, at least since the 12th century.

"For I had then laid wormwood to my dug" - Romeo & Juliet. Meaning the baby was weaned by putting wormwood on the nurse's nipples!

In the garden, Wormwood planted strategically is toxic to a variety of garden pests. Organic gardeners will find Wormwood is very useful as a sentry, keeping slugs, snails carrot fly and many other pests.

The plant is also known for its herbal and medical uses and of course for its use in Traditional absinthe recipes.


Growing Guide

Seeds can be sown indoors or out. But note that Wormwood seeds are incredibly tiny. If sowing outdoors take care! Best germination temperature is about 12-18c.

Sowing Indoors: Time sowing seeds in 9cm pots or seeds trays about 6-8 weeks before last expected frost. Scatter seeds loosely on soil surface and leave uncovered in a place where they will receive good light but not direct sun

Sowing Outdoors: Time sowing seeds directly on the surface of the soil when weather has warmed and all danger of frost has passed. 


Germination: Seeds will sprout as early as 7 days or take as long as 21 days. 

Once established in the garden, the plant will die back to the ground each autumn/winter then re-appear in the spring


Olly's General Guide to Seed Sowing!

I love sowing seeds and it runs in the family - dad, granddad and finally my great-granddad for whom the hobby helped him get over his experiences in the Great War. I still get a big kick when I see the first seedling poking through from a new plant that I have never sown before or been successful at. However, even the most experienced gardeners draw "blanks" from time to time. Whilst I sow all the seeds that I sell so I know that they are viable, some are trickier than others and problems can arise so here are some tips to make "blanks" few and far between:

1) Don’t Rush! Tempting though it is when that packet arrives in the post to simply bung the seeds in some compost!

2) Google and YouTube are your friends! Take some time so see the methods other people use to germinate the seed. 

3) Think Nature! What conditions do seeds face? For example a seed from a tropical plant will fall to the warm, wet and dark jungle floor. A seed from the mountains of Europe will fall to the floor in Autumn, then have to endure months of freezing temperatures before germinating in the spring. So as growers, what we are trying to do is to simulate the conditions that the seeds will naturally experience and there are plenty of tricks that can be done to short cut the processes somewhat.

4) Good compost pays dividends. The best investment you can make is to purchase three bags - one of potting compost, one of vermiculite and one of horticultural sand. With these three bags I can make up whatever soil type a particular seed likes (although for most seeds I find a 50/50 mix of compost and vermiculite works just fine) 

5) Rot is your enemy. The single biggest danger to seed germination is rot - either before or after "damping off" the seeds germinate. To reduce the risk, ensure you have good free draining soil mix and that it is moist but not wet. Unless the seed variety absolutely requires it I prefer NOT to cover my seeds trays with plastic bags, Whilst germination is often faster this way, it greatly increases the risk of rot. I prefer to place my seed trans inside a watertight plastic tray and water from the bottom - airflow over the surface reduces the risk.

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