Peppermint Farm & Garden

Earth Chestnut, Pig Nut

Bunium bulbocastanum

Hardy / perennial / vegetable plant / H. up to 50cm/ sun to shade / well drained soil / blossom colour white / flowering time 7, 8, 9
An old root vegetable with hazelnut sized bulbs. To treat like carrots. In the first year you get only one bulb. Leave it in the earth, the second year you have a lot of bulbs, to harvest August/ September. They have a nutty taste and can be eaten raw, cooked or rosted.

Order-code BUB01

young plant in 8cm or 9cm pot € 2.50

plant in 1.3 l pot € 3.50


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