Dear Etsy Fans, Please find for sale 20+ Liquorice (Glycyrrhiza Glabra) seeds. Forget about the highly processed added-sugar sticky black liquorice-flavour sweets you had as a kid - this is the real thing that has been used in traditional remedies for millennia as well of course to flavour teas (very popular in Scandinavia), sweets & to make (Pontenfract) cakes. The active compound in Liquorice roots is Glycyrrhizin - known for its anti-oxidant & anti-inflammatory properties. Once established, this perennial can provide a source or liquorice roots year on year. ALL ORDERS RECEIVED BEFORE 8PM WILL BR DISPATCHED SAME DAY SAVE PACKAGING MATERIALS - SEE OTHER INTERESTING & UNUSUAL SEEDS & PLANTS in MY SHOP INSTRUCTIONS - TO SAVE PAPER I NO LONGER SEND OUT WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS TO CUSTOMERS. INSTRUCTIONS ARE BELOW SO PLEASE BOOKMARK THIS PAGE. FEEL FREE TO MESSAGE ME WITH ANY GROWING QUESTIONS. Germination Guide Soak seeds in a glass of water for 24 hours Sow seeds on a surface of a well-draining compost mix - ideally 50/50 compost & vermiculite Ensure compost mix is moist but not wet Gently press the seeds into the surface to ensure a good compost Don not cover the seeds - light required for germination Keep at 17-20c out of direct sunlight First seedlings should appear after 2-3 weeks Growing On Guide No need to fertilise - Liquorice is a legume like broad beans to fixes nitrogen from the air to the soil Plant out once last frost has passed Likes deep soil in full sun - but with good drainage Heavy soils like clay need to be lightened with sand etc Can be grown in mounds in a similar way to asparagus to allow for easier root harvesting Roots can be harvested from the second year. Olly’s General Guide to Seed Sowing! I love sowing seeds & it runs in the family - dad, grandad & finally my great-grandad 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 & problems can arise so here are some tips to make blanks few & far between: 1) Dont Rush! Tempting though it is when that packet arrives in the post to simply bung the seeds in some compost! 2) Google & 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 & 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 & there are plenty of tricks that can be done to short cut the
