The perennial and hardy sorrel loves damp places in deciduous and riparian forests. If he feels comfortable in his location, then he and he will express themselves there too. If it is relatively dry, it needs to be watered frequently.
How do you properly care for blood dock?
To care for the blood dock, it needs a partially shaded to shady location, moist and lime-poor soil, regular watering and fertilizing with organic fertilizer. Harvest young leaves before flowering to keep oxaline levels low.
Planting and sowing blood sorrel
Plant your blood dock in a partially shaded to shady location. The soil should be nutrient-rich, moist and low in lime, but not necessarily too wet. The soil, on the other hand, can be a little acidic. If the blood dock is sown or planted together with itself, the first seedlings will appear after about two weeks.
Watering and fertilizing blood sorrel
Blood sorrel needs a lot of water, especially in a rather dry location. You should water it there every day. Make sure that the soil does not dry out. During the growing season, give the blood dock some organic fertilizer (€19.00 on Amazon), either special fertilizer for vegetable plants or well-rotted compost, about every two weeks.
Harvesting blood sorrel
Harvest only the young leaves of the blood dock before the plant flowers. During flowering, the oxaline content in the leaves increases and this substance is not harmless to he alth in large quantities. So that you can harvest fresh leaves until autumn, remove the flower heads as soon as they appear. Then the oxal content remains harmless.
The taste of the sorrel
The taste of blood sorrel is milder than its similar sorrel. However, as the storage time increases, it becomes increasingly bitter and limp, so always harvest it as soon as possible before consumption. So it's fresh and crunchy.
Use blood sorrel
Blood sorrel is used in cooking and herbal medicine. It is ideal as a fresh salad addition or as an addition to soup. However, it is only added to the soup after cooking, because it is not suitable for cooking.
It has a blood purifying and diuretic effect.
Propagate blood sorrel
The best tips for blood dock:
- Location semi-shaded to shady
- Soil moist and low in lime
- requires a lot of water and a lot of nutrients
- contains a lot of oxalic acid
- only consume in small quantities
- Be careful with kidney disease!
Tip
Blood sorrel contains a lot of oxalic acid, so it should not be consumed in large quantities. The concentration of oxalic acid in the leaves is particularly high during the flowering period.
