Actually polk is good at almost any stage of growth. I have even eaten the larger leaves of a mature plant. You have to strip out the rib of the leaf when you eat the larger ones. There are some misinformations about eating it. Some say you have to boil it and drain the water and put in fresh and boil it again, otherwise it is toxic. If that were so, I would have been dead decades ago. Remember, when you cook something and drain off the liquid and add fresh water, you drain off much of the nutrition with the first batch of liquid.

It is a pungent green and some like mixing it with other greens such as spinach, turnip or mustard greens. I like it straight. It also good to cook up a big mess of it, then before serving it, crack a couple eggs or so into the pot and stir it together until the eggs are cooked. Mmmmmm. Mmmmmmm. Mmmmmmmmm.

Take this bit of information seriously. Never eat the berry and never, never eat the plant raw.

You can find it growing in lots of places, even in city neighborhoods. Take a walk this summer, find some, and enjoy. It is cooked in much the same manner as you would other raw greens.

Actually polk is good at almost any stage of growth. I have even eaten the larger leaves of a mature plant. You have to strip out the rib of the leaf when you eat the larger ones. There are some misinformations about eating it. Some say you have to boil it and drain the water and put in fresh and boil it again, otherwise it is toxic. If that were so, I would have been dead decades ago. Remember, when you cook something and drain off the liquid and add fresh water, you drain off much of the nutrition with the first batch of liquid.

It is a pungent green and some like mixing it with other greens such as spinach, turnip or mustard greens. I like it straight. It also good to cook up a big mess of it, then before serving it, crack a couple eggs or so into the pot and stir it together until the eggs are cooked. Mmmmmm. Mmmmmmm. Mmmmmmmmm.

Take this bit of information seriously. Never eat the berry and never, never eat the plant raw.

You can find it growing in lots of places, even in city neighborhoods. Take a walk this summer, find some, and enjoy. It is cooked in much the same manner as you would other raw greens.