Papalo 100 Seeds - Mexican Herb - Porophyllum ruderale - Indoors or Out
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Papalo 100 Seeds - Mexican Herb - Porophyllum ruderale - Indoors or Out

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HERBS: Treat yourself to fresh herbs right from your garden! The difference when home grown is impressive! All are excellent for adding distinctive flavor to meat, and fish dishes, gravies, soups, salads and vegetables. They are fun to grow and make an attractive garden addition! New! Aromatic Mexican native. Large, bluish green leaves with a flavor reminiscent of cilantro, citrus and arugula. Used like cilantro in tacos, salsa and sauces. Also known as Papaloquelite. Porophyllum ruderale is an herbaceous annual plant whose leaves can be used for seasoning food. The plant is commonly grown in Mexico and South America for use in salsas. When fully grown, this plant grows to about 5 feet in height and 3 feet in diameter. The plant is easy to grow from seed in a well drained soil, which should be allowed to dry between watering. Having been used by many cultures, Porophyllum ruderale is known by many names, including Bolivian coriander, quillquiña (also spelled quirquiña or quilquiña), yerba porosa, killi, pápalo, tepegua, "mampuritu" and pápaloquelite. Despite the name "Bolivian coriander", this plant is not botanically related to Coriandrum sativum. This plant is known in Mexico as pápaloquelite, commonly accompanying the famous Mexican tacos. It improves the flavor of tacos and typical Mexican salsas and soups. In Puebla cuisine, pápalo is used as a condiment on traditional cemita sandwiches, a regional type of Mexican torta. Papalo was also used in the Azteca era.
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    Papalo Seeds

    Posted by Kirstie Vanderlinden on Jul 5th 2021

    I ordered 100 Papalo seeds from Hirts. They arrived in a couple days, and when looking at them, they looked very fresh. I planted them in the late afternoon of July 2, 2021. On the morning of July 4, one seed had already sprouted. By 6 pm there were 5 sprouted! Today is the 5th of July and 15 plants are now up of the 30 planted. I planted these in my greenhouse which has been between 90 and 100 degrees during the day and 65 - 70 at night. They were kept quite moist. The rest of the seeds were planted outdoors, on the east side of the pole barn. and watered 3 times a day. One plant has sprouted there so far. Because of the success with the other ones in the greenhouse, I have no doubt they will also do just as well. I am VERY pleased with these seeds! They are performing so much better than anything I have read about their germination time and rate of success. Will definitely recommend buying seeds from Hirts!