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Tarragon is a perennial, herbaceous, shrubby plant. It originates from eastern Europe and Asia, and its Latin name dracunculus (\u00ablittle dragon\u00bb) is said to refer to the shape of its roots.<\/span> The plant grows up to 100 cm tall, with upright, branching stems. Tarragon has small yellowish flowers, and its leaves give off a strong aroma. <\/p>\n Each packet contains 0.05 g of tarragon seed. One gram equals about 5,000 seeds. Harvest begins 60 days after planting.<\/p>\n Tarragon is one of the classic culinary herbs.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tarragon leaves contain iodine, potassium and vitamins A and C, and can also be used to make a fragrant herbal tea.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tarragon is one of the most useful aromatic herbs in the kitchen. It is used in salads, in sauces for white and red meat and fish, with eggs, in ice creams and fruit salads. Its leaves are added to soups for flavour, and its shoots can be cooked as a vegetable. It is one of the best herbs for flavouring vinegar and mustard, and it is the key ingredient that gives b\u00e9arnaise sauce its aroma.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n French tarragon is considered the best variety for cooking. Russian tarragon is also used, but its flavour is noticeably milder. Tarragon is used differently from country to country \u2013 in a soft drink in Russia, as a vegetable side dish in Iran and in a sweet cake in Slovenia.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n It is also known as an insect repellent: a pot of tarragon is said to help keep flies, mosquitoes and other annoying insects away.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For best results, combine it with one of our fertilisers (use once a month, starting one month after planting). This is an open-pollinated variety, so you can sow the seeds your plants produce the following season.<\/p>\n Tarragon germination \/ growing \/ sowing instructions.<\/p>\n Space tarragon plants about 30 cm apart in the row. <\/p>\n Sow 4-5 seeds in each small pot filled with nutrient-rich soil and cover lightly with soil. Water regularly and keep the seedlings out of strong direct sun. It needs temperatures above 15 \u00b0C to grow; make sure the pot drains well.<\/p>\n Tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus) thrives in a range of climates, as it tolerates both high summer temperatures and winter cold. It does not particularly like full, scorching sun.<\/p>\n It grows best in fertile, humus-rich, sandy-loam soils with good drainage, ideally at pH 6.9. Tarragon needs extra nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium only when grown in poor soils. It tolerates drought for several days.<\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u03a4\u03bf \u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u03b1\u03b3\u03ba\u03cc\u03bd \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03c5\u03b5\u03c4\u03ae\u03c2 \u03c0\u03bf\u03ce\u03b4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b8\u03ac\u03bc\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2. \u039a\u03b1\u03c4\u03ac\u03b3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03bb\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae \u0395\u03c5\u03c1\u03ce\u03c0\u03b7 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bf\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u03ac\u03b6\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b4\u03c1\u03ac\u03ba\u03bf\u03c2 \u03bb\u03cc\u03b3\u03bf \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c3\u03c7\u03b7\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9\u03c3\u03bc\u03bf\u03cd \u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03c1\u03b9\u03b6\u03ce\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5. \u03a4\u03bf \u03cd\u03c8\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c6\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03cd \u03c6\u03c4\u03ac\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b1 100 \u03b5\u03ba. \u03bc\u03b5 \u03cc\u03c1\u03b8\u03b9\u03bf \u03b2\u03bb\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03cc \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u03c1\u03ba\u03b5\u03c4\u03ad\u03c2 \u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u03ba\u03bb\u03b1\u03b4\u03ce\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2. \u03a4\u03bf \u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u03b1\u03b3\u03ba\u03cc\u03bd \u03ad\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9 \u03ba\u03af\u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03bd\u03b1 \u03ac\u03bd\u03b8\u03b7 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03c6\u03cd\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03b4\u03cd\u03bf\u03c5\u03bd \u03ad\u03bd\u03b1 \u03ad\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd\u03bf \u03ac\u03c1\u03c9\u03bc\u03b1. \u039f \u03ba\u03ac\u03b8\u03b5 \u03c6\u03ac\u03ba\u03b5\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c3\u03c0\u03cc\u03c1\u03c9\u03bd \u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u03b1\u03b3\u03ba\u03cc\u03bd \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03ad\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":298142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_brand":[1859],"product_cat":[1768],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-298141","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_brand-gemma","product_cat-aromatika-fyta-botana-sproroi","first","instock","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n