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Rumex sanguineus

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Red Veined Sorrel Green Seed

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About this variety

A red-veined sorrel for salad mix.

Red-veined sorrel has bright green leaves, veined and stemmed in deep maroon, with the sharp, tangy taste of common sorrel.

Best picked young for salad mix, since big leaves get tough. Grows well indoors.

About 50 days to baby leaf and 55 days to full size, from sowing. Open-pollinated.

Specs

  • Packet: 250 seeds
  • Average 42,900 seeds per oz.

In stock — Packet

Current price $6.40

Know before you sow

Quick Facts

Seed size & germination
Seed size (10 mm scale) and germination soil temperature chart for sorrel

Growing times vary with weather, soil and local conditions.

Growing guide

From seed to harvest

Sow spring to midsummer

Thick for baby leaf, 8" apart for bunches.

Shade and deadhead

Better summer leaves; fall regrowth after bolting.

Pick outer leaves first

Then cut above the crown once established.

Divide clumps

A hardy perennial.

Growing Information

Scientific name

Rumex sanguineus

Habit

Sorrel is a hardy perennial that can also be grown as an annual.

Days to maturity

Counted from direct sowing; plants set out as transplants are ready roughly 2 weeks earlier.

Starting indoors

Use cell trays: drop 2–3 seeds in each and cover with about 1/4" of mix.

Direct sowing

Sow in rich soil any time from mid-spring until midsummer. Baby leaf: scatter 3–5 seeds to the inch in rows spaced 2" or wider, and cut whole plants just above the base once they are 3–6" tall. Bunching: sow seeds an inch apart at 1/4" depth, then thin to 8" in rows 12–18" apart.

Summer care

Light shade and cutting off flower stalks keep summer leaves better; even plants that bolt usually regrow well in fall.

Harvest

Pick outer leaves until plants are well established; after that, plants can be cut right above the crown. Clumps spread and can be divided.

Packet

250 seeds.

Seeds per oz.

About 42,900 on average.

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