Sorrel Herb - Herb Seeds

Description

Sorrel is a leafy green vegetable, grown for its pleasantly tart, lemon flavor. It sometimes grown as an herb and sometimes as a vegetable.

It is a hardy perennial herb grown for its leaves. Sorrel has large, light to dark green, oblong-shaped and spinach-like leaves. It comes as fresh or frozen and chopped or whole.

Its taste ranges from a refreshing, sharply acidic, or astringent spinach-like taste with bitter notes to a milder, lemony taste. The younger leaves are less acidic. The dried leaf loses its citrusylike flavor.

Seeds Specifications

Planting And Care

• Water the sorrel plant regularly
• Mulching will help conserve moisture and keep the leaves clean
• Apply any organic fertilizer every year
• Cut the seed stalks to the ground and remove any declining leaves
• The plant should re-sprout with more tender leaves
• Sorrel will self-seed if you leave the seed heads on the plants
• To keep your plants healthy and vigorous, divide them in spring or early summer every 3-4 years

Sorrel Herb Uses

Medicinal Use:

• Sorrel helps in maintaining healthy vision, skin, immune function, growth, and reproductive health
• Sorrel plant have fiber which may also help ward against certain health conditions including cancer, obesity, and type 2 diabetes
• Sorrel is a primary ingredient in Essiac tea, a propriety blend of herbal tea that was rumored to cure breast cancer and prevent other diseases including HIV/AIDS and diabetes

Culinary Use:

• Its pungent and sour leaves are used as a vegetable, as a flavoring in omelets and sauces, and as the chief ingredient of creamed sorrel soup
• The young leaves are used in salads