Origanum vulgare ssp. hirtum, Origanum, Greek

Origanum vulgare ssp. hirtum, Origanum, Greek

Origanum vulgare ssp. hirtum          

Origanum, Greek

sorts and variety
Selection PHARMASAAT
only white flowers, Sharp and spicy for italian meals; content of oil 5 - 6 %; carvacrol 70 – 85 %;  high leaf-yields, good winter hardiness
drug

herb (Origani herba)

most important active substances

volatile oil 5 – 9 %, with thymol, carvacrol, terpinen u.a.

most important usages

spice, oil increasing; usage of the oil in the animal production

Recommendations for cultivation

Weight per thousand seed grains: 0,13 g

Seed demand for drilling: may 4 kg /ha

Demand for plantation: april 6 plants / m²

Distance between the rows: 50 cm

harvest: when the flowering time starts