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Red-veined sorrel –the vivid red veining that marks these lush green leaves make this variety highly ornamental, in addition to being edible. The leaves also have quite a mild flavour Frosts will kill off foliage later in the year, but the plant will remain alive beneath the surface, ready to re-shoot in the spring. Divide plants every 2-3 years in the spring or autumn to maintain good air circulation around plants. Harvesting sorrel It seems that components in sorrel, including oxalic acid, possess no greater risk than foods like carrots, rhubarb, asparagus or green tea in normal amounts. Sorrel Red Veined is an easy to grow perennial herb that has a distinctive tangy lemony taste that adds flavour to a salad, makes an excellent soup or sauce for fish. In case you were wondering – yes, sorrel flowers are edible and taste very similar to the leaves themselves. How to Harvest Sorrel
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Unfortunately, Oxalis corniculata (which is problematic in lawns) shows strong resistance to the full range of selective lawn weedkillers. Glyphosate As a medicinal and garden herb, common sorrel has been used since the ancient days of Greece’s Dioscorides and Rome’s Pliny the Elder in the 1st century AD. Sorrel is fairly resilient to most pests and diseases, and will only really be affected by these very familiar creatures… Slugs and snails Weedkillers for home gardeners(Adobe Acrobat pdf document outlining weedkillers available to gardeners; see section 4) Links R. acetosa was believed to be a ‘cooling’ herb and helpful for swellings and inflammatory conditions. The plant was used to treat fevers, skin tumours, jaundice, and internal ulcers.When it comes to sorrel, all of that still applies, but a mulch has the added benefit of keeping the leaves clean. The majority of your harvest will consist of young leaves, which grow quite low to the ground. These can end up damaged or splattered with dirt during heavy rains, both of which a mulch prevents. Pinching Off Sorrel Flowers Mulches are usually applied around plants to help suppress weeds while maintaining consistent moisture levels. Once your sorrel plants are established, they won’t need much in terms of care, especially if you’re regularly harvesting them. However, if you want your plants to truly thrive, here’s what you need to do: Watering Sorrel The plant has a sour taste that makes it a tasty addition to salads or a sharp side dish to red meat and roasts or stews. Sorrel leaves taste best when they’re young, so try harvesting them when they’re about 10-12 cm in height.
COMMON SORREL seeds (rumex acetosa) from Wildflowers UK.
Forking out is best done in the spring when the tiny developing bulbils are firmly attached to the parent plant and before Oxalis latifolia hasproduced seeds. Later in the season they are easily detached, causing the weed to be spread further around the garden Sorrel doesn’t take long to mature. Most plants are ready for harvesting just two to three months after the seeds were sown. Common sorrel grows up to 10–120 cm. Its stalks bear clusters of small reddish-green to brown flowers and the bright-green leaves are long, oblong and spear-shaped. Status Studies on 100g dried weight found that it contains 25 g/protein, 440 mg/potassium, 1071 mg/ calcium, 104.2 mg/magnesium, 15 mg/iron.
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Although sorrel can be successfully grown in a greenhouse, it is ultimately a cool-weather crop, meaning that your planting and harvesting times will be different than when growing it outdoors. Sow 1 or 2 seeds per module. Sowing extra gives you insurance in case one doesn’t germinate, but the extra seedling will need to be thinned out after it’s about a week old. However, sorrel usually germinates well, so double sowing your seeds isn’t strictly necessary Garden sorrel – has a good flavour and grows prolifically. However, its flower shoots are taller than other varieties, meaning that the plant’s self-seeding habit could become a nuisance
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