{"product_id":"stock-iron-pastel-mix","title":"Stock Iron Pastel Mix","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStock Iron Pastel Mix fills the garden and the vase with densely flowered spikes of ruffled blooms in soft pastel shades, held on strong, straight stems that make them a pleasure to cut. It's the fragrance, though, that really sets stocks apart, and Iron Pastel Mix delivers it in full, with an intensely sweet scent that carries through a room.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBeyond their beauty and fragrance, these blooms are also edible, adding a pretty, aromatic touch to salads or as a garnish for anyone who wants to make the most of them beyond the vase. For the longest lasting cut flowers, harvest stems once around half of the flowers on each spike have opened, which gives a vase life of 7-10 days.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs a hardy annual with two sowing windows across the year, Iron Pastel Mix is a flexible variety for keeping fragrant, ruffled blooms coming at different points in the garden calendar.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGrowing Stock Iron Pastel Mix\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSurface sow from March through to May, or again from July through to September, at a germination temperature of 15-20°C, with seedlings appearing in 7-14 days. Plants take 90-105 days from transplant to flower and reach 45-75cm. Harvest when 50% of the flowers on a stem are open, for a vase life of 7-10 days.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrefers cooler growing conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSurface Sow: Requires light to germinate. Sow seed on the surface. Press seed down into the soil. Keep moist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Kings Seeds NZ","offers":[{"title":"25 seeds","offer_id":49214781391156,"sku":"F1492.pkt","price":6.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/0555\/6276\/files\/F1492-W.png?v=1785117768","url":"https:\/\/www.kingsseeds.co.nz\/products\/stock-iron-pastel-mix","provider":"Kings Seeds NZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}