🌿 Purslane Portulaca oleracea
🥬 Vegetable 🧬 Purslane family (Portulacaceae)
Companion plants for Purslane (Vegetable): good neighbours to grow together, plants it dislikes, and sowing tips. EkoHarita — Dünya varmış!
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Growing & Sowing Tips
📅 SowingSow directly in late spring-summer (May-September) once the soil warms to 15-20°C; it is a warm-season plant. Scatter the seeds on the surface and cover very lightly (≈0.3-0.5 cm) — they germinate with light. Emerges in 7-10 days.
🌱 Depth0.3-0.5 cm (the seed germinates in light; sow near the surface, don't bury deep)
📏 Spacing5-10 cm (dense as a groundcover; can be scattered more thinly as a living mulch between vegetables)
🌞 SunFull sun (at least 4-6 hours)
💧 WateringModerate to low; its fleshy/succulent structure is drought-tolerant. Water by checking the soil moisture every 2-3 days, avoid excess water (the roots rot)
🧺 HarvestAbout 4-6 weeks after sowing the young shoots and leaves are cut and harvested; it's tastier before flowering. It regrows once cut
🪴 SoilOrganically rich, loose, well-draining; adapts to a wide soil range, grows even in poor soil
⭐ DifficultyVery easy
🗓️ SeasonSummer
📅 Calendar is for the Northern Hemisphere; in the Southern Hemisphere shift sowing times by ~6 months.
💡 Key tip: Purslane is both edible (rich in omega-3) and a good living mulch/ground cover: its low, fleshy shoots keep the soil cool and moist, suppress weeds, and bring up the minerals beneath (potassium, magnesium) with its deep roots. BUT it sheds its own seed very abundantly; left unchecked it turns into an invasive weed competing with the crop for water/nutrients — keep its boundary when using it as mulch among vegetables, and pick it before it bolts.
🤝 Companion logic: As a living mulch it is a good neighbour for tall, sun-loving vegetables: it covers the base of corn, tomato, pepper, potato, bean and squash, conserving moisture, blocking weeds, and bringing up nutrients with its deep roots (there is a peer-reviewed study showing it can be used in broccoli production without reducing yield). Its benefit depends on it being a 'managed mulch'; left uncontrolled it becomes a competing weed.
🔬 Scientific References
- Ellis, D.R., Guillard, K. ve Adams, R.G. (2000) 'Purslane as a living mulch in broccoli production', American Journal of Alternative Agriculture, 15(2), s. 50–59. doi:10.1017/S0889189300008481.
- University of Nevada, Reno Extension (2021) The Good Weed Series: Purslane (Portulaca oleracea), Desert Gardening in Southern Nevada (Blog 21-01). Erişim adresi: https://extension.unr.edu/publication.aspx?PubID=4011 (Erişim: 12 Haziran 2026).
- Gardenia.net (t.y.) Purslane (Portulaca oleracea): Benefits, Uses, Care Guide. Erişim adresi: https://www.gardenia.net/plant/portulaca-oleracea (Erişim: 12 Haziran 2026).
- Tarfin (t.y.) Semizotu Nasıl Yetiştirilir? Erişim adresi: https://tarfin.com/blog/semizotu-nasil-yetistirilir (Erişim: 12 Haziran 2026).
- Onedio (t.y.) Semizotu Nasıl Ekilir? Semizotu Güneş Sever mi? Erişim adresi: https://onedio.com/haber/semizotu-nasil-ekilir-semizotu-gunes-sever-mi-1039214 (Erişim: 12 Haziran 2026).
- Ufuk Tarım (t.y.) Semizotu Yetiştiriciliği. Erişim adresi: https://www.ufuktarim.com/semizotu-yetistiriciligi (Erişim: 12 Haziran 2026).