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Basella rubra

A seed worth growing

Red Malabar Spinach Specialty Green Seed

Item #HSC-GRN-031-PKT

A climbing green that loves heat.

Strong vines climb from summer into fall, with thick, glossy, crinkled dark green leaves on red-purple stems. Despite the name it is not a true spinach; the taste is mild, close to Swiss chard.

Use leaves and young stems in stir-fries, or sparingly in salads.

About 50 days to baby leaf and 85 days to full size. Open-pollinated.

Specs

Packet: 100 seeds
Average 16,500 seeds per lb.

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Quick Facts

Seed size (10 mm scale) and germination soil temperature chart for spinach — Seed size & germination

Latin Name: Basella rubra
Days To Maturity: 50 baby; 85 full size
Life Cycle: Annual
Hybrid Status: Open Pollinated
Product Features

Growing times vary with weather, soil and local conditions.

Growing guide

From seed to harvest

Start 5–6 weeks ahead

Or sow after frost.

Give it a trellis

6" apart, rows 36".

Moist, fertile soil

Slightly acidic.

Pick tips often

Plants branch more.

Growing Information

Scientific name

Basella rubra

Starting indoors

Sow 5–6 weeks ahead of planting out, 1/4" deep, either 1/4" apart in flats or 3 seeds per cell in 50- or 72-cell trays.

Planting out

Once frost is over, set plants 6" apart with 36" between rows.

Direct sowing

After frost, sow 1–2" apart and 1/4" deep in rows 36" apart; thin to 6".

Support

A climbing vine: give it a trellis.

Soil

Moist, fertile, slightly acidic soil is best, though it puts up with poorer ground.

Harvest

Pick young leaves and stem tips all season; pinching the tips makes plants branch.

Keeping plants

Tip cuttings root easily and can spend the winter indoors as houseplants, then go back out the next year.

Packet

100 seeds.

Seeds per lb.

About 16,500 on average.

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