To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] purslane
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 15:31:43 -0400
Donna wrote:
One weed I find interesting is purslane, called "plant mercury" in China
because it concentrates mercury. If I remember correctly, you can get 2 oz
mercury per ton of plant.
That is interesting about the purslane concentrating mercury. I had read
that it also is a good source of vitamin C and had considered adding it to
my salads, but not now with the possiobility of mercury.
Rochester NY had the driest May on record and one of the coldest- so I
haven't seen many insects at all, no Japanese beetles.