Green barley (Hordeum) for cultivation in pots gives an alternative to bittercress and oat as a healthy green delicacy and decoration of the Easter table. Young barley shoots and leaves are a real vitamin bomb, containing provitamin A, B vitamins (including the rare B12), vitamins C and E, as well as magnesium, iron, calcium, phosphorus, kalium and zinc. These plants are also rich in fibre, chlorophyl and plant hormones that all beneficially affect human body. Regular consumption of young barley leaves protects from cancer and cardiovascular diseases, improves functioning of the digestive system, prevents constipation and speeds up loss of weight.

Green barley seeds are sown into light, moist soil - standard pot soil with a dab of peat will work well. You do not need a sprouter to produce juicy green leaves that can be harvested within the first week of cultivation.

One package contains 30 g of green barley seeds. The sow-by date and growing instuctions are printed at the back side of the package.

• Weight: 30 g
• Use: direct consumption; Easter decoration
• Harvest time: one week after the sow
• Site: light, most soil