Claytonia perfoliata
Winter purslane
Common names: Perfoliate winter purslane, Perfoliate winterportulak
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Description
Winter purslane is your most robust winter vegetable. The tender, juicy, mild leaves grow when otherwise hardly anything is in the bed. The characteristic plate-shaped leaves surround the inflorescence and taste refreshingly mild when eaten raw in salad. Even under snow the plant remains green and harvestable.
Care instructions
Sow from August to October broadly into the harvested bed, preferably also under fleece or in a cold greenhouse. Water during dry autumn weeks; after that the plant needs little care. Harvest from November to spring by cutting the rosettes several times just above the ground; they reliably regrow.
Soil & site
Soil pH
Soil type
sandy, loamy, humus-rich, moist, well-drained
Feeding
Light feeder
Companion planting
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