Vulgaris, Thyme Seed

Key Attributes

Sun
Sun: Full Sun
Packet
Packet: 250 Seeds
Days To Maturity (# Days)
Days To Maturity (# Days): 70
Botanical Name
Botanical Name: Thymus vulgaris

Vulgaris, Thyme Seed

The Vulgaris Thyme, or also known as German Winter Thyme, is a Mediterranean herb with culinary, medicinal and ornamental uses. This thyme variety has larger leaves and is a great herb to add flavor to many fish, chicken and vegetable dishes. The Vulgaris plant produces well and is more frost hardy than other thyme varieties.
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Key Attributes

Sun
Sun: Full Sun
Packet
Packet: 250 Seeds
Days To Maturity (# Days)
Days To Maturity (# Days): 70
Botanical Name
Botanical Name: Thymus vulgaris

Product Details

Weight

0.008

Depth

0.1

Height

4.5

Width

3.25

Plant Height

6-15"

Botanical Name

Thymus vulgaris

Seed Type

Seed

Seeds Per Gram

4,305

Seeds Per Pound

1,952,000

Packet

250 Seeds

Sow Depth

1/16"

Seeds Per Ounce

122,000

Breed

Open-pollinated

Sun

Full Sun

Growing Conditions

Container Friendly

Life Cycle

Perennial

Sow Method

Transplant

Categories

Herb

Germination

14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21

Days To Maturity (# Days)

70

Components

Growing Instructions

    Learning Download: How to Grow Thyme

Thyme is a smaller herb that grows upright on a woody stem and has needle-like leaves. Thyme will bloom tiny blossoms of pink, lavender or white throughout the spring and summer seasons which will attract bees to the garden.

Before Planting: Thyme grows very slowly from seed and after planting, germination can take up to 28 days.

Planting: If planting from seed, begin thyme indoors and scatter the seeds on top of the soil and do not cover them or only cover them lightly. If growing thyme in containers, repot the thyme every season, as its roots may begin to grow out the bottom of the container.

Watering: Thyme doesn’t require much care. Allow soil to completely dry in between watering.

Fertilizer: Upon planting, add a continuous-release fertilizer to the soil. Add the fertilizer again each spring. Other fertilization options include fertilizing thyme with fish emulsion or liquid seaweed every two weeks but dilute the fertilizer by half.

Days to Maturity: Harvest thyme before its flowers open which should be after 85 days.

Harvesting: Harvest by cutting the plant 2 inches from the ground. After the first cut is made, more growth will begin to develop but do not harvest this second growth as the new growth increases the plant’s hardiness over
the winter months.

Tips: Stop harvest a month before the first fall frost to ensure the plants are strong enough for the winter. After harvesting, lay the thyme in single layers on newspaper in the shade. Once dry, rub the leaves and they will separate easily from the stems.

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