Highly fragrant leaves and pods: Enhances culinary dishes with a unique, sweet, nutty aroma
Edible seeds and leaves: Provides fresh, nutritious ingredients for salads and curries
Medicinal properties: Contains diosgenin, used to support digestion and relieve menopause symptoms
Nitrogen-fixing plant: Improves soil fertility when grown in average sandy loam soil
Attracts pollinators: Supports garden biodiversity by drawing bees and other pollinators
Summarized by Shop
The leaves are a welcome addition to any fresh salad and the cooked leaves along with the seeds are used in curries. Highly fragrant seeds have a sweet, nutty flavour, described as a mix of celery and maple. Fenugreek is used to treat indigestion and symptoms of menopause due to the hormone-like substance diosgenin. Also useful for headac
Plant Height
1.5 to 2 feet
Growth Habit
Single stem or multi-stem
Germination Time
5-7 days
Optimum Soil Temperature
60-65°F
Spacing
4-6 inches apart
Harvest Time
30-40 days after planting leaves, or 95-110 days from sowing
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Fenugreek
Always good- The seeds germinated quickly & are growing well in our AZ heat. Look forward to cooking some Indian food.