Thymus vulgaris, Thyme, Common organic

Thymus vulgaris, Thyme, Common organic

Thymus vulgaris   

Thyme, Common

sorts and variety
‚Deutscher Winter’
Reliable variety with high winter hardiness, high yields on herb and oil (1,8 – 2,3 %)
drug

herb (Thymi herba)

most important active substances

1,5 – 3 % volatile oil with chief components thymol and carvacrol, limonen, rosmarinic acid, flavonoids, triterpenes

most important usages

respiratory catarrh, irritable cough and whooping cough; as a mouthwash and gargle for inflammations of the mouth and throat, as a herb and an ingredient in liquors

Recommendations for cultivation

Weight per thousand seed grains: 0,2 g

Seed demand for drilling: april 7 – 8 kg / ha

Demand for plantation: spring or autumn 6 – 9 plants / m²

Distance between the rows: 30 – 50 cm

harvest: in the flowering time (one harvest in the first year, 2-3 cuttings in the next years)