Purslane

Patricia Evans3

For the third year running, purslane has taken over the beds where I plant salad vegetables and the seedlings of beetroot, spring onion and oignons blanc have been choked. Despite careful hand weeding and never allowing the little beasts to flower, they are everywhere and are now spreading to my flower beds.  Any advice would be appreciated.

Dovefromabove

Develop a taste for it, encourage it, determine to eat it http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/aug/18/purslane-is-tasty-weed/

I've discovered that as soon as a plant discovers that you actually want it to grow so that you can eat it, it does all it can not to grow

Fairygirl

There's a restaurant in Edinburgh called Purslane. Perhaps that's why Dove  

Dovefromabove

It's a very 'Foody' vegetable at the moment

Perhaps Patricia should harvest it and sell it to restaurants

Fairygirl

Have they all moved on from 'pea shoots' then.....

Perhaps I could persuade them that bittercress is a lovely garnish for a poncey dish