Sorrel De Belleville Seeds. Sorrel De Belleville (Rumex scutatus) is a heritage perennial French sorrel. It is a leafy green herb grown for its pleasantly tart, lemon flavor. Sorrel is a cool-season perennial often grown as an annual.
Sorrel ‘De Belleville’ Culinary Uses
Sorrel is delicious used as an herb or as a salad green.
- A traditional way to enjoy sorrel is cooked into a sauce and served with fish, lending a lemony flavor without the use of lemon.
- It’s also great cooked into soups or stews.
- Baby sorrel greens can be tossed into mixed salads.
- If you don’t have lemons to make a salad dressing, use sorrel to add tang.
Growing Sorrel ‘De Belleville’
Indoor Sowing: Late Winter and Early Spring.
Direct Sowing: Early Spring.
- Sorrel seeds can be sown in the garden as early as 2 to 3 weeks before the average last frost date in spring.
- Sow sorrel seed ½ inch deep and 2 to 3 inches apart.
- Thin successful seedlings from 12 to 18 inches apart when plants are 6 to 8 weeks old.
- Space rows 18 to 24 inches apart.
- Sorrel will be ready for harvest 60 days after sowing.
- Sorrel should be kept evenly moist.
- Divide established sorrel in spring.
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