Plant the ice herb properly
It is best to plant the warmth-loving ice herb in a dry and sunny place. It will feel right at home there. The soil should be sandy to slightly loamy. With good care, you can harvest the thick leaves about every three to four weeks. They taste piquant and spicy, a little like spinach. Prepare a crunchy, tasty salad or steam the leaves as a vegetable.
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Pour and fertilize the ice herb properly
The ice herb grows to a height of about 10 to 20 centimeters and requires relatively little water. It is better to water regularly in small quantities than just from time to time in large quantities, so the ice herb grows again and you can harvest regularly. If you want to eat the leaves, use fertilizer that is suitable for vegetables, such as a well-rotted compost.
Increase the ice herb
You can sow the ice herb indoors all year round or outdoors from late April or early May. The light germs are only lightly pressed and not covered with earth. With a mini greenhouse (6.96 € at Amazon *) or covering with a glass plate, the humidity for the seeds is kept constant. You can expect the first small harvest after just a few weeks.
The ice herb in winter
The ice herb tolerates light frost and can overwinter well protected in the garden in a mild area. However, it shouldn't get colder than around - 5 ° C to - 10 ° C there. Otherwise, frost-free winter quarters are recommended.
The essentials in brief:
- easy to maintain
- Leaves can be eaten as a salad or steamed
- Harvesting possible every 3 to 4 weeks
- loves sunny locations
- also tolerates slightly salty soil
- blooms in late summer
- tolerates only light frost
- suitable as a houseplant
- Winter in the garden protected
Tips
If you do not harvest all of the leaves, but only parts of them, the leaves will grow back and you will have an abundant harvest.
