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How to grow Purslane
Portulaca oleracea var. sativa
🥕 Vegetable
🌱 Grown each year
Succulent, lemony leaves and stems for summer salads — rich in omega-3. Loves heat and dry, sunny spots.
At a glance: Sow early May to mid July, harvest from early June.
When to sow, plant and harvest
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Sow outdoors
Harvest
Timed for a typical UK garden (last frost mid-April). The app uses your own town's frost dates.
Growing Purslane: what it needs
- Light
- Full sun · 6+ hours a day
- Watering
- Drought-tolerant; water only in long dry spells
- Soil
- Fertile, well-drained soil
- Spacing
- 15 cm
- In pots
- Grows well in containers
- Feeding
- A general feed before sowing or planting
- Harvest
- About 40 days from sowing
- Hardiness
- USDA zones 3–9
- Difficulty
- Easy
Step by step
- Early May – mid July · 3 weeks after the last spring frost
Sow Seeds Outdoors
Sow thinly in drills where they are to grow. Sow on the surface; it needs warmth to germinate.
- 7–14 days after “Sow Seeds Outdoors” · Mid May
Check Germination
Seedlings should appear in 7–14 days. If sown outdoors, thin to 15 cm apart when big enough to handle.
- 26–47 days after “Check Germination” · Early June – late June
Start Harvesting
Pinch off shoot tips with four or five leaves; it regrows quickly.
- 60–90 days after “Start Harvesting” · Early August – early September
Finish and Clear
Clear the remains to the compost heap once cropping ends.
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