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["loneroc" <loneroc@mwt.net>]

Purslane is one of the most common weeds in my vegetable garden.  I never
planted it.  I should probably put it to use since I know that it's edible,
but I seem to have an irrational aversion because it is soooooooooooo weedy
here.  Not sure what the psychology involved is but maybe it'd be like
eating a dog or a kat ;-)

Steve Herje, Lone Rock, WI USDA zone 3.

PS:  Strawberries are almost done--blueberries have begun--and my Evans
cherry (Bali is a stupid name, why does Bill M. think you just rename stuff
at will, I'd prefer to honor the discoverer) has given me a gallon so far
with several more on the way.  Evans is one of only two tree fruits I have
this year that are bearing a full crop after a series of very hard late
freezes.  The Vista Bella apple is the other one.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tanis cuff" <tanistanis@hotmail.com>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 10:17 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Purslane germination


> I forget when my purslane germinated this year.  (Volunteer/ common weed.)
> I've been putting a handful in omlets for a few weeks, it seems.  And
> earlier this week I weeded up about a square yard, and finally got the
> better parts into a pot to boil for freezing.  I started with a couple
> plants a couple years ago, which I THOUGHT I weeded before they set seed.
> Same thing last year-- didn't I pull it all before seeds matured?!  This
> year I weeded even sooner, and yes they had already matured a few capsules
> of seeds!
>
> Tastey, free, not much pest or disease problems, and I've never known
> rabbits or woodchucks to graze it.
>
> tc, s.WI, I cook stinging-nettles too.
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Lon J. Rombough" <>
> To: North American Fruit Explorers
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Purslane germination
> Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 19:42:15 -0700
>
> I planted purslane ONCE and it continues to volunteer every year since,
but
> never comes up until the garden is quite warm, usually in July.
>
> -Lon Rombough
> Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at
> http://www.bunchgrapes.com  Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best
> Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
>
>
> On Jun 30, 2005, at 6:21 PM, Charles Paradise wrote:
>
> I'd never got germination of purslane before, but this year I sowed it
late
> [say, June 1] co-sowing it with dill, lettuce and beet, and it came up -
not
> the 3 times I sowed it before.
>
> My surmise is it requires warmth...
>
> Charlie Paradise z5 Mass
>
>
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