The Pickleweed is classified as a succulent and can be found in North America, South Asia, South Africa and in Europe. It’s a plant that grows in salt marshes, along beaches & coastal areas and around salt lakes.

They’re herbs which means they can be eaten. It’s recommended that they be steamed, boiled or microwaved in a lot of water, with no salt (they are salty in taste) and if preferred, can be consumed raw. It is said that it tastes like spinach stems or asparagus and served in fish and seafood dishes.

You’ll find several different varieties of Pickleweed with some being more preferred than others.

While I don’t consume it, I do have two plants that are indoors. The first plant was given to me over 5 years ago and is still going strong. The second plant was given to me 2 years ago and is doing great too! I really don’t have to give them any attention other than sunlight and occasional watering.

Over the past few years I’ve learned a few things about growing them as a house plant and wanted to share those tips with you.

Gardening: Tips on How to Grow Pickleweed – Indoors

1. They need to be in a window or near a sunny location within your home. Personally, mine ONLY do well if I keep them on a windowsill where they get a lot of sunlight.

2. Don’t plant them in huge pots! Pick a pot that is appropriate for the plant’s current size (just a little bit bigger). You want to use good potting soil with a great drainage system.

3. When it comes to watering them, you ONLY want to water them when the soil is very-dry to the touch. Then lightly water them, don’t flood them.

4. In one of my other gardening posts I shared a tip about using Green Tea to feed your house plants. Well, I use green tea all of the time to feed my Pickleweed plants and they love it.

Green Tea Plant Food: Brew a cup of green tea and let cool to room temperature. Pour it into a water spray bottle and then fill up the bottle with room temperature water. Every 2-3 weeks mist your plant with the green tea & water mixture, in addition to giving it a light watering.

5. If you have an indoor succulent garden, you can add it in with other succulents and it will do well. At least for me…they do great when added to a succulent garden.

If you’re looking for an easy-to-grow plant that you can grow indoors and doesn’t require a lot of maintenance, the Pickleweed is one that I highly recommend that you try. As an added bonus, it’s edible too!

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We live in the suburbs and for the past 4  years we’ve had big problems with groundhogs, possums, skunks, snakes and other “pests” getting into our garden. In the past, we’ve had to spend time and money putting up wire fences around both vegetable gardens to try to keep them out. While the fencing helped, it did not stop the pests from getting in.

Last September I got the OUTXPRO Solar Energy Snake and Pest Repeller to try to halt the problem we were having. Since it was toward the end of the gardening season, I only had the opportunity to try it out for 4 weeks. During that time, I noticed a huge difference, but really wanted to put it to the test this year over a longer period of time.

We planted our vegetable gardens in May and after all of our plants were in, we added in the OUTXPRO Solar Energy Snake and Pest Repeller. We decided to place it in our tomato, onion, lettuce and pepper garden. This was the garden that was specifically attacked last summer by all of our unwanted guests.

In the past, not a day would go by that we didn’t see an unwanted guest in or around our garden. This year has been a totally different story! While it hasn’t stopped them 100% of the time, I would estimate that 95% of our problem is now solved! Yes, it’s pretty much solved! Matter of fact, in the past 3 months we’ve only caught one groundhog, one garter snake and two rabbits messing with our garden! Wow, that’s a huge improvement!

Your welcome to re-visit my original review on the OUTXPRO Solar Energy Snake and Pest Repeller that I wrote last year to get all of the particular product information. I felt it was extremely important to give you all an adequate update on the product since I’ve been using it for several months this time around.

If you’re having problems with unwanted pests getting into your vegetable gardens and don’t want the expense or hassle of adding fencing, this is definitely the way to go! Plus, it’s affordable and is powered by the sun! No electricity bills at all. We highly recommend it!

Additional Tips: If you’re having issues with pests visiting your gardens, you’ll want to eliminate using any food composting in your garden or flower beds. Sometimes they’re attracted to that. Next, we had good results in the past using wolf and/or coyote urine (purchased online) and then sprayed around the perimeter of our one garden. That urine smell (we couldn’t smell it) was a big SIGN to the pests that predators were in the area. If nocturnal pests are a problem, buy some solar-powered lights & solar-powered spotlights and try placing those around the perimeter of your garden. A few years ago I had an issue with some of the neighbor’s dogs & other pests coming into my garden to do their “business” so I sprinkled red pepper flakes and sprayed hot pepper oil around the perimeter of the garden. Dogs and some of the other pests don’t like it and it helped to deter them from my treasured spaces.

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