Lupinus angustifolia

created by steffen a. at 27.03.2021

Season Overview

Sowing

Harvest

Description

Sweet lupine is an annual. Sowing is done from mid-April in a sunny place in the garden. It can be worked directly into the lightly fertilized soil. It is best to sow in a wide cube and lightly rake in. The seeds should be covered by about 2-3 cm of soil. Keep moist during the next week. Germination occurs within 10 days. To create a small field of 1 m², you need about 100 lupine seeds. The plant reaches a height of 80 - 100 cm. The pale blue flower appears in June and blooms until mid-July. The seed pods ripen in August. About 5-6 seeds develop in each pod. They are ripe as soon as the pods are light brown and burst open under light pressure. The seeds now only need to be left to dry for a few days and then sealed in a jar. Dried lupine seeds can be stored for more than 2 years. The storage place should be cool, dark and dry. The plants form a taproot, which can grow over a meter long. Thus, nutrients also reached deeper regions of the soil. Most importantly, the soil is deeply loosened. As a subsequent crop is suitable mustard, lamb's lettuce and barbara cress.

F1 Hybrid

Not frost resistant

Growing tips

Do not use your own seeds, as other lupin varieties can cross-pollinate and the new plants then produce bitter substances that make the seeds poisonous!