Borago officinalis
Borage - microgreens seeds
✨Crisp, cucumber-flavored microgreens with succulent stems – the “cucumber herb” that refreshes any dish.
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Borage microgreens with a cool cucumber taste and broad, velvety leaves, ready in 14–17 days.
No soaking, and the seeds are large enough to spread by hand. Just allow a few extra days.
From seed to harvest in 14–17 days: 4–6 days covered in the dark, then light.
Sow 70 g per 25 × 50 cm tray. We checked this rate in our own test trays.
Fresh cucumber flavour with a hint of melon. Lovely in salads, cold soups, yoghurt dips and summer drinks.
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Borage microgreens with a cool cucumber taste and broad, velvety leaves, ready in 14–17 days.
No soaking, and the seeds are large enough to spread by hand. Just allow a few extra days.
From seed to harvest in 14–17 days: 4–6 days covered in the dark, then light.
Sow 70 g per 25 × 50 cm tray. We checked this rate in our own test trays.
Fresh cucumber flavour with a hint of melon. Lovely in salads, cold soups, yoghurt dips and summer drinks.
SPECIFICATION
Seed
| Common name | Borage microgreens (also called starflower) |
| Botanical name | Borago officinalis |
| Seed type | Conventional, untreated, non-GMO |
| Seeds per gram | approx. 50 |
Growing
| Difficulty | Moderate — a slower start and a need for good airflow |
| Growing medium | Potting soil or coco coir |
| Sowing rate | 70 g per 25 × 50 cm (1020) tray, range 60–70 g; about 5.6 g per 10 × 10 cm |
| Soaking | Not needed — sow dry |
| Blackout | 4–6 days under a lightly weighted cover |
| Temperature | 18–22 °C |
| Harvest | 14–17 days after sowing, when the seed leaves are fully open |
Taste and colour
| Flavour | Fresh cucumber with a hint of melon and a faint, clean bitterness; juicy, slightly velvety leaves |
| Colour | Pale green stems, broad light green seed leaves covered in fine, soft hairs |
ABOUT
Borage, also called starflower, is a Mediterranean herb best known for its blue, star-shaped flowers. Grown as a microgreen it gives pale green stems and broad, oval seed leaves covered in fine, soft hairs. The taste surprises most people: fresh cucumber with a hint of melon and a faint, clean bitterness.
Borage takes longer than most microgreens. The large seeds need a few days to wake up, the tray stays 4–6 days in the dark and you cut it 14–17 days after sowing. In return you get a flavour no other microgreen in the range has, and broad leaves that look good on a plate. Water from below and give the tray good airflow: damp, still air around large seeds invites mould.
Why 70 g per tray? Borage seeds are large, about 50 to the gram, so a dense tray needs much more seed by weight than small-seeded crops such as broccoli or radish. Sowing 60–70 g gives a full, even crop of broad leaves; much less leaves gaps between the seedlings.
IN THE KITCHEN
Use borage microgreens raw, wherever cucumber would fit: in green salads, on chilled soups, stirred into yoghurt dips, with smoked fish and soft cheeses, in sandwiches and summer rolls, or as a garnish for lemonade and gin drinks. Add them just before serving. Keep them dry in a closed box in the fridge and use them within about a week.
GROWING INSTRUCTIONS
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