Strawberry Spinach (Organic Heirloom 32 Days) - Vegetables

336G

Strawberry Spinach (Organic Heirloom 32 Days)

Name: Strawberry Spinach (Organic Heirloom 32 Days)
Brand: vendor-unknown
SKU: 336G
Price: 2.25 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.6 (5 reviews)

$ 2.25

Heirloom

This ancient plant was re-discovered growing at old monasteries and is popular in Europe. Triangular shaped, bite-sized, saw-toothed leaves, have a spinach flavor and are great in salads. Let it flower and it produces slightly sweet, minute strawberry-like fruit at every leaf axle that adds a bright, unique decoration to salads. This plant is a real heat lover making it a supreme choice for greens in the middle of the summer season. An early planting from March still produces leaves here in August.

100 seeds

PLANTING

Chenopodium capitatum

Germination: 14-21 days

Germination Temperature: Optimum soil temperatures 60-65ºF

Seed Sowing Depth: 1/8" deep

Sowing Indoors: Direct sowing recommended

Sowing Outdoors: Early to mid spring when soil temperature reaches 55ºF. Sow a few seeds every 2-3" apart.

Harvest: Grows all season, clip the new green shoots as they emerge. Use raw in salads or cook like spinach. Harvest the fruit in late summer when they are dark red.

Tips: Plant in fertile,well drained soil. Amend with compost or well-rotted manure. Seld seeds easily.

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03/13/2019

Terri S.

United States

Strawberry spinach

I do not know yet. The seeds I planted outside have not sprouted yet. So I am trying to sprout them inside. Wish me Luck!

05/22/2018

Phyllis G.

United States

Strawberry spinach

It did not come up . Not sure why. I was looking forward to growing it

05/15/2018

Gail M.

United States

Don't know

Haven't used it yet, too cold in my area. Have not planted anything yet, way too cold. I am really behind. Try again in 2 months.

01/25/2018

Deanne Daniels Bouria

Rocky River Ohio

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Can't ever get this to germinate. I've given up.

01/21/2018

C R

Easy to grow

Here in Northeast Wisconsin, Strawberry Spinach is incredibly easy to grow., which is not surprising since I first saw it growing as a **** in roadside gravel and thought it was so pretty, I wanted it for purely ornamental purposes. I can plant it in earliest spring (It doesn't freeze) and it does taste like spinach. But the leaves are small and harvesting the leaves is somewhat tedious. I can wait until the pretty red "fruits" appear on the vines and strip everything off the stems for stir fries or salads and they are tasty, but meanwhile it sets millions of seeds that self sow, and grow where you don't want them I think I will use them as fillers in container gardens for their beauty and an occasional meal so they can do double duty, but as your only source of so-called spinach, it would be disappointing. If you plant it for a fall crop, it does not produce any of those red berry-like things which are actually flowers and seed fruits. That way it wouldn't spread, and you can harvest them as miniature spinach plants.