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Lay two plants next to each other — uses, risks, and whether either has a grow guide.
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Rumex acetosa
The lemon of the temperate garden — arrow leaves that sharpen soup and fish, with a French pedigree.
Flavor
Bright lemon, green, a little spinach. Cooked it goes olive and silkier.
Symptoms
indigestion, inflammation
In favor
Perennial, early, truly a food
Against
Oxalates in huge amounts
Days to harvest
40–50 days from seed; days from a division
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