Gardeners Cottage Red Sorrel Salad Leaf

Gardeners Cottage Blakeney Red Sorrel Salad Leaf An very easy to grow and reliable early spring perennial salad leaf that can be sown from March to November and once you have it in a vegetable garden you will never be without it as it reliably self-seeds. The young seedlings are easy to spot by their distinctive colour, and can be transplanted into salad beds as required. A great addition to salad leaf mixes with vibrant red stems and leaf veins, red sorrel is very mild when young and by using a cut and come again harvesting method the plants will continue to produce young leaves which can be harvested into July Mild lemon sorrel taste, not hot or peppery, mixes very well with our salad leaves and looks wonderful on the plate or in a leaf salad mix with rocket and lambs lettuce My personal favorite oas its perennial and keeps harvesting for years. If left plants grow to 4 feets and produce massive seed stems resembling seeding dock plants Traditional cottage vegetable garden favorite Self-seeds abundantly when established Very easy to grow, and can be sown directly by scattering them on the surface where you want them to germinate. Seed sown in autumn out-doors will germinate quickly and plants will over-winter before thickening up into cut-able heads or frilly red salad leaves the following spring Does well in full sun and well-drained soil, Protect from birds while young Red Sorrel Salad Leaf Seed Pack Sizes Red Sorrel Salad Leaf seeds are tiny and our standard pack contains 1/4tsp by volume which contains between 100 - 150 seeds All seeds are hand collected and will contain some husk and flower debris, as is the way with hand collected seed.