Description

En Inde, les lentilles rouges sont connues sous le nom de masoor dal. Essayez les lentilles rouges germées dans toutes les recettes qui nécessitent du masoor dal ! La plante est probablement originaire d'Inde et les lentilles font partie de l'alimentation humaine depuis le néolithique, étant l'une des premières cultures domestiquées au Proche-Orient.

Semez les graines de lentilles de fin avril à début mai, trois semaines avant la date du dernier gel. Les jeunes plants peuvent tolérer un gel léger. Les plants seront probablement plus courts s'ils sont semés plus tard, et les gousses mûriront plus tard et moins abondamment.

Spécifications

  • Plant Name: Crimson Lentil (Lens culinaris)
  • Cultivar Type: Heirloom, Open-Pollinated
  • Plant Class: Legume / Grain Pulse (Annual)
  • Color: Reddish-brown outer skin, vibrant salmon-orange interior flesh
  • Plant Characteristics: Slender upright bushy growth, delicate compound feathery leaves, small pale blue-white flowers, short flat seed pods
  • Suitable Space: Vegetable garden rows, raised beds, cover crop plots, field patches
  • Season: Cool Season (Spring through Mid-Summer)
  • Best Time for Sowing (Zone 6b): Direct sow outdoors early to mid-April as soon as soil can be worked in early spring; tolerates light spring frosts.
  • Sunlight: Full Sun (6+ hours direct sunlight daily)
  • Lis Plus
What is included?

Contains about 3 grams of seeds

Check out the growing specs for the specific organic heirloom seeds you bought.

Good to know
  • High nutritional value packed with plant protein, iron, dietary fiber
  • Natural Nitrogen-fixing legume that enriches garden soil health for future crops
  • Quick-cooking dry lentil variety that does not require lengthy pre-soaking before culinary use
  • Delicate, slender plants can lodge or fall over if exposed to strong wind without dense row spacing
  • Pods mature near ground level, requiring hand-harvesting or careful shelling for small-scale garden plots

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