Sorrel
Rumex Acetosa
SEED COUNT PER GRAMME: 900-1.000
DURATION OF GERMINATION (YEARS): 3
DAYS NEEDED TO GROW: N. 10-12
UE MINIMUM VALUES FOR SELLING:
PURITY 95% - GERMINATION 80%
CULTIVATION METHODS
Direct sowing
Period: march/april
Quantity of seeds: kg./ha. 8/10
Depth of sowing: mm 5.
Row to row distance: cm. 30
Plant to plant distance: cm. 15
EDIBLE PART: leaves.
HARVEST PERIOD: 2 months after sowing,
re-growing plant, multicut round the year.
PRODUCTION: leaves kg.20.000 kg./ha.;
seeds 1200 kg./ha.
PURPOSE: cooking, herbal, pharmaceutical
industry.