Botanical name: Rumex acetosella
Rumex acetosella
Healing power:
used for
- diarrhea,
- fevers,
- inflammation,
- excessive menstruation,
- cancer,
to treat
- lack of appetite,
- for the liver,
- for cleansing of the blood.
How to use:
You gather the small leaves and eat them in salads or soups.
Sheep sorrel should be used moderate because it contains poisonous oxalacid.
Description of the plant:
Sheep sorrel is perennial and can withstand frost. It grows at pathes and on meadows. It reaches a height up to 60 cm. The location should be sunny to halfshady. Sheep sorrel needs a normal, damp soil. The plants taste sour. The flowers are green with a little mix of red and they bloom from April to May. The fruits are triangular and red.
Propagation:
Start seeds from April/May to August directly in your garden in depth of 0,5 cm. Press seeds and cover them with soil.
rowdistance: 25 x 10 cm
germination after 10 to 15 days at temperatures about 15 - 20 ° C.
Sunny to halfshady location,
damp soil.
