Garden purslane

Purslane is one of those garden plants that are not very well known in our country. However, recently, garden purslane can be seen more and more often at our gardeners. Garden purslane is a representative of annual plants and is distinguished by fleshy leaves and stems. In cultivation, it is quite unpretentious and requires only loosening the soil and removing weeds from care.

Garden purslane refers to light-loving plants, so it is better to plant it in the sunniest place. It propagates by seeds and seedlings, as a rule, appear in 10-15 days.

Sowing purslane garden usually begin in March or April and repeat this process about three times in the summer.

Garden purslane is used to prepare various salads and some other dishes. It is good both fresh and boiled, salted, pickled and canned. At the same time, it goes well with many other products and perfectly complements dishes.

In addition, this plant has long been famous for its healing properties and has long been used in folk medicine. Purslane is quite successfully used in the treatment of sleep disorders, as well as some diseases of the liver, kidneys and bladder. It is also used as an anthelmintic.

In addition, purslane contains a fairly large amount of vitamin C and other useful vitamins and minerals, which makes it very useful for the human body, and its tart, refreshing taste has made it very popular among gourmets and simply lovers of various delicious vegetable salads.