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Last post 27-06-2012 6:52 AM by Nigel. 2 replies.

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  • 22/06/2012 06:11 PM
    • Steve C
    • Kingston O T
    • 22 Jun 2012
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    Does anyone have any experience growing Rock Samphire (Crithmum Maritimum)?  I was taken by this vegetable when visiting a friend near Gt. Yarmouth & decide to try to grow some.  I purchased seed from one vendor & small plants from another.

    I'm 95% certain I followed the instructions properly, but the seed did not germinate at all & the small plants are just barely surviving - definitely not growing.

    Has anyone been along this learning curve before?
  • 26/06/2012 09:10 PM
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    • Snark
    • Suffolk
    • 12 Jan 2011
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    The samphire which grows on the East Anglian coast and is eaten as a veg grows in salt marshes which are subject to tidal flooding. I too have seen it for sale somewhere but was not tempted to buy. Salt marsh is not going to be easy to reproduce in the garden -but is rock samphire different?

    For the Snark was a boojum you see
  • 27/06/2012 06:52 AM
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    • Nigel
    • Paignton
    • 27 May 2008
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     Morning

    The samphire from the salt marshes is a different plant to Rock Samphire. The marsh samphire is Salicornia europaea. I have eaten both raw and cookedwhen in Lincolnshire. It is ridiculously overpriced when seen in shops. I believe it is an annual. A couple of companies offer seeds if you want to try it. It is also called glasswort and was used as a source of soda for glassmaking in the middlea ages.

    Nigel