This pretty salad green has starkly contrasting green leaves with dark red veination. It's flavor is bright and tangy. Harvesting young is recommended for the tenderest leaves. A nutritional powerhouse, sorrel is rich in vitamin A, iron and magnesium. It is a cool season annual and can be succession planted every two weeks for continuous harvest.
To plant, sow the seeds in early spring in well-drained soil and keep the area consistently moist. The seeds will germinate in 7-14 days and can be grown in both full sun or partial shade. Once mature, the leaves can be harvested by cutting them from the base of the plant.
- Plant Type: Salad Green
- Latin Name: Rumex sanguineus
- Packed For: 2024
- Days to Maturity: 55
- Life Cycle: Annual
- Growth Habit: Bush
- Planting Time: Fall
- Hybrid Status: Open-Pollinated
- Hardy to Zone: 4
- Frost Tolerance: Frost Tolerant
- Heat Tolerance: Not Heat Tolerant
- Approximate Weight in Grams: 0.22
- Approximate Seed Count: 250
- Sun Needs: Full or partial sun
- Water Needs: Regular watering
- Planting Instructions: Sow directly, 1/4 inch deep
- Fullgrown Plant Size: 10 inches tall and wide
Image Credit: "red veined sorrel" by mazaletel is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
Sorrel Seeds
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