GreenPeace.org<\/a>, bees pollinate human food crops that make up about 90% of the world’s nutrition.<\/p>\nGiven their importance in our ecosystem and food supply, I feel it is important to note that growing sorrel is bee-friendly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sorrel, which are known botanically as Rumex acetosa, are a type of vegetable that can easily be grown at home. Continue reading to learn the basics of growing sorrel as well as common mistakes to avoid along the way. Best Time to Plant Sorrel This will depend largely on your local climate, but as a rule of thumb, begin to plant the sorrel seeds 4-6 weeks before the last frost in spring. This is the best time to ensure that the seedlings survive the weather. To check when sorrel are most likely to thrive in your area, see the USDA <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,232],"tags":[22,197],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningeats.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningeats.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningeats.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningeats.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningeats.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1028"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningeats.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1162,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningeats.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028\/revisions\/1162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningeats.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningeats.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningeats.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningeats.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}