Mine are drying out and dropping seed naturally right now (Indian River County). So nature is telling me that now is a good time to plant given that we don’t have any more cold fronts coming through. Usually though I just scatter seed in an area that I mulch in the spring time. Sorrel loves moisture and heat. My wife’s side of the family is Jamaican so we usually make a drink by brewing the calyxes with ginger and some other spices for Christmas. They also traditionally add rum to the drink as a holiday treat. The calyxes usually are fully mature and ready to be harvested around that time. They can be brewed fresh for a healthy tea or dried to be used later. They can be a chore to gather and process and the varieties I’m familiar with have little stinging hairs on the calyxes similar to the ones on sugar cane so you might want to wear gloves. But nothing worth growing is ever easy. It’s super healthy and delicious.

David,
Ackee is delicious and very healthy for you as well. But you must wait until the fruit opens naturally on its own or it is poisonous. Also use must clean all the flesh away from the fruit like you did in your video before cooking as well. Ackee and salt fish is the national dish of Jamaica and if cooked right is delicious. There are several different types of ackee: one is buttery and mushes up when cooking and the other is more firm retaining its shape and is generally more desirable for eating. But I and my family including my children, have been eating it for years. Am trying to grow it here now. So far so good but need a few more years for it to be mature enough to bear. It grows very well from seed. It is also very expensive to buy usually canned here in US.

Does anyone know where I can get some white sorrel seeds. Some were coming in Barbados to me and it was accosted by customs saying it wasn’t legal to send without a permit