Winterpostelein
Variety
Winterpostelein
Approved Data
Season Overview
Sowing
Harvest
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Description
Winter-hardy leafy vegetable. Use like lamb's lettuce, but finer in flavor. Can be cut several times during the winter in protected cultivation. Seed is very fine, so ensure even distribution when sowing. Needs below 12 °C at night for germination. Postelein, also called purslane in some regions, is a vitamin-rich alternative to lamb's lettuce. Tastes excellent fresh as a salad, but can also be prepared like spinach. In soups or on buttered bread, it is a delicious change in winter.
Non hybrid
Frostproof
Growing tips
No growing tips available for this plant.
Details
Light requirement
Shady
Water requirement
Moist
Soil
Light (sandy)
Nutrient requirement
Low
Plant distance
15 cm
Row spacing
20 cm
Seeding depth
1 cm
Companion Plants
Anemone
Bean ((Scarlet) runner bean)
Bean (Broad bean / Faba bean / Field bean)
Bean (Dwarf bean)
Bean (Hyacinth bean / Lablab-bean)
Bean (Lima Bean)
Bean (Runner bean)
Borage
Chard
Chervil
Chives
Coriander / Cilantro
Dill
Funk
Garlic
Garlic chives
Geranie/Pelargonie
Lettuce (Endive / Escarole / Erisée)
Lettuce (Lamb's lettuce)
Lettuce (Lettuce)
Lettuce (Oriental greens / Brown mustard)
Make
Melissa
Mint
Onion
Onion (Spring onion)
Oregano
Parsley
Pea
Purple bellflower, silver bellflower
Radishes
Soybean
Spinach (Summer)
Spinach (Winter)
Sweet woodruff / Sweetscented bedstraw
Women's coats
Antagonistic Plants
Abyssinian cabbage / Ethiopian mustard
Aubergine / Eggplant
Basil
Beetroot
Black salsify
Broccoli
Broccoli raab / Stem cabbage / Cima di rapa
Brussels sprouts
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage (Cabbage)
Cabbage (red cabbage)
Cabbage (Savoy cabbage)
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celery (Celeriac / Celery root)
Celery (Celery)
Celery (Leaf celery / Chinese celery)
Chili
Chinese kale - Kai-lan / Chinese broccoli
Chrysanthemums
Collard greens
Coneflower (Echinacea)
Corn / Maize
Courgette / Zucchini
Cucumber (Caigua)
Cucumber / Gherkin
Dahlia
Evergreen
Garden squash - Patisson / UFO squash
Hair cucumbers / snake gourds
Ivy
Jerusalem artichoke / Topinambur
Larkspur
Lavender
Lovage
Lupine / Bluebonnet
Mizuna / Japanese mustard greens
Napa cabbage / Chinese cabbage
Nightshades (Other)
Okra
Ornamental pumpkin
Pak Choi
Parsnip
Pepper / Paprika
Phlox, flame flower
Potato
Pumpkin / Squash
Rapeseed
Rapeseed - Sheer cabbage / Siberian cabbage
Rapini / Broccoli rabe
Rosemary
Rutabaga / Swedish turnip
Sage
Sea coal
Sunflower
Sweet potato
Thyme
Tomato (Bush tomato)
Tomato (Cocktail bush tomato)
Tomato (Cocktail Stake Tomato)
Tomato (Stake tomato)
Turnip
Turnip greens - Choy Sum / Chinese flowering cabbage
Turnip greens - Mizuna
Turnip greens - Tatsoi
Turnip-rooted chervil
Turnips - Oilseed turnips
Turnips - Wild turnips
Vegetable cabbage - Forage cabbage
Vegetable cabbage - Ribbed cabbage / Portuguese cabbage
Vegetable cabbage - wild cabbage / ancient cabbage
Yalta tomatoes
Diseases
Early blight of potato
Downy mildew
Powdery mildews
Pests
Flea beetles
Aphids
Land snails
