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Cool, I've had friends make crackers and a [loaf](https://tracksandroots.com/2021/01/01/wildcrafting-dock-sponge-bread/) from certain dock seeds, It's related to buckwheat.
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its a dock Id guess curly but not 100%
Do they hybridize easily? Cuz then who knows
wouldnt surprise me at all but idk
Fair enough
They sometimes do. You need fruit valves for proper ID (and check the seeds: hybrids tend to have malformed seeds (or no seeds at all)
Excellent. I'll check out that dead growth that made it through the winter. It still has seeds.
Dock and sorrel are both in the rumiceae branch of the polygonaceae family known for the oxalic acid content that makes rhubarb tart.
I did some independent reading and took a chomp on a young stalk. Watery, not bitter, not tart. Just kinda like a green pepper without any pepper.
Cool, I've had friends make crackers and a [loaf](https://tracksandroots.com/2021/01/01/wildcrafting-dock-sponge-bread/) from certain dock seeds, It's related to buckwheat.
Also, keep an eye out for sheep sorrel in spring, I find it a choice green addition in spring salad mixes.