Things Needed
Purslane , or Portulaca oleracea , is a half - brave annual herb that can get in all USDA gardening zone . Often regard a locoweed because of its prolific power to circularize , many nurseryman develop it for its medicinal properties . Young leaf of purslane can be eaten in salads . The flowers of purslane are bright chicken , with five petals that before long turn into a seed point .
From Seeds
Step 1
take a shallow planting container , like an idle sandpile , with a land mixture that is half plenteous , loamy soil and half sand . It is preferred to embed your purslane seeds in a contained area or else of directly into your garden , because not only is purslane very invasive , but each purslane plant can contain over 240,000 seeds , and those seeds can remain in your filth for more than 40 years .
Step 2
plant life purslane seeds after the last Robert Lee Frost in your area . Purslane plant and flowers are sensitive to frost and insensate but boom in passion .
Step 3
Sow purslane seeds lightly over the surface of your shallow plantation owner . The seeds can be plant on the control surface and do not require to be incubate with soil . In fact , purslane seeds may not germinate if planted too deep into the land .
Step 4
Keep the purslane seeds water and the grease moist , particularly during the germination menstruation . Purslane industrial plant can suffer drought term , but because of their shallow root system , they arise better if you keep the grease moist .
From Cuttings
utilize garden shear to trim off clippings from a purslane plant life . It does not weigh what length the cutting are .
Lay the purslane clipping on the surface of your shallow planting container . The clippings do not need to be buried in filth , only lay on the surface .
Keep the soil that your purslane snip are on very moist until the clippings acquire a root system . Then , cut back on your watering , letting the dirt dry before water again . Your purslane clippings will root speedily , within a week to ten years .
Tip
snip off the flowers on your purslane before the flush turn to seed to deflect a purslane takeover of your garden . Always bite or dispose in your garbage all trimmings of purslane , and never put them into your compost spate , because the trimming will root anywhere .
Warning
prove to nullify digging or tilling any area where you have planted purslane , because you will either spread the seeds more , or you may be fetch up to the airfoil purslane seed that were too cryptical in the soil to germinate and rise .
