Aug 20, 2012 the second is malabar also known as malabar spinach. In fact, i wrote a whole book about thatseed libraries and other means of keeping seeds in the hands of the people. Davids garden seeds leafy greens spinach malabar red sl2437 purple 200. Malabar is a vigorous climbing vine in warm climates. This vining plant can grow up to 8 feet long, so provide a sturdy trellis to clamber on. Place the cleaned seeds on a paper plate for drying. Plant seeds 1 inch deep, 1 inch apart in rows in rows 2. It has become a favorite plant for edible landscaping.
In the philippines, malabar spinach is commonly used as a main ingredient in a dish called utan, which is served over rice. Mar 17, 2014 the following excerpt, from chapter five, amaranthaceae, explains the process of growing spinach and saving spinach seeds. Grow spinach seeds in a cool climate, as a spring or fall crop. This book is a complete seedsaving guide for 160 vegetable crops, with detailed information about each vegetable, including the botanical classification, flower structure and means of pollination, isolation distance, the need for caging or handpollination, and proper methods for harvesting, drying, cleaning, and storing the seeds. Malabar spinach is a warm season crop and should be direct seeded when all danger of frost has passed and night temperatures are above 60 degrees f. Jul 14, 2016 please subscribe to our channel or visit our website at we have great selection of asian vegetable seed for sale. While not a true spinach, it is remarkably spinach like in flavor and is better suited to summer growing than spinach since it loves hot, humid weather. Simple keys on how to harvest spinach pick at the right. With flesh leaves, its heavy foliage on twining stems needs sturdy support. Saving seeds malabar spinach aka ceylon spinach youtube. What i didnt know is that there are two types of malabar spinach.
According to seed savers exchange, spinach is a nutrientrich green that is easy to grow in the garden. Join our friendly community that shares tips and ideas for gardens, along with seeds and. Malabar spinach is a fastgrowing vine that has both ornamental and culinary qualities. Neither does regular spinach, which likes the same cool. Red malabar spinach seed packet echo book and nursery source. It actually is a cluster of seeds like beet seed and will come up thickly and need thinning once it. If youre experienced with these crops or willing to experiment with or forfeit future seed, then include 2030 seeds each. Gardening and seed saving resources seed savers exchange. Four trellised plants will occupy a space 18 inches 45 cm square at maturity. Follow these four steps, and you should be well on your way to enjoying a bountiful. My favorite way to use malabar spinach is like many other greens ive cooked. Climbing malabar spinach 60 seeds ornamentaledible. Spinach vegetable seeds shop baker creek heirloom seeds.
This beautiful plant is not a true spinach but a different species basella rubra. To save seed, wait until the berries are nearly dry but before they drop all over your garden. Red stem malabar spinach seeds large, mildflavored green leaves look terrific. Spinach spinacia oleracea, generally suiatable for u. Basella alba grows well under full sunlight in hot, humid climates and. Malabar spinach or basella alba is a vigorous climbing asian vine, and will flourish in heat and humidity. But when you cook it, the leaves turn mushy which isnt desirable. Harvesting, storing, and sowing techniques for vegetables, herbs, and fruits by andrea heistinger 20924 at. Today, it is grown widely in the tropics as a perennial and in warmer temperate regions as an annual. Varieties suitable for seed saving include local varieties that have been grown in one region. Well, ok, its distantly related, but it doesnt taste much like spinach at all. Basella alba is an edible perennial vine in the family basellaceae. This type of plant is best to grow on a trellis as it does spread out quickly.
Heirloom warmweather salad greens mother earth news. Carrots, parsnips, and spinach are a bit of a pain in the neck to save seeds from because of germination, pollination and ripening issues. When you buy from our seed catalog, you help to keep heirloom seeds where they belong. Red malabar spinach is a splendid edible ornamental, and it is extremely heat tolerant, providing gobs of nutritious greens while others have succumbed to the heat. Malabar red spinach basella rubra 100 seeds tasty by smartseeds malabar spinach needs rich soil, a warm sheltered spot partial shade is fine and something to climb on. I would recommend using plastic gloves, because the juice can stain your hands.
You will be able to read it when it becomes available in late januaryearly february 2015. Almost all of our seeds are openpollinated not hybrid, so they can be saved from yeartoyear. Gardening bookscontainer gardeninggardening tipskitchen. Thick glossy leaves grow in the heat of summer on this annual vine, keeping up a steady supply of delicious leafy greens when all the others are bolting. Trellised plants work best from the point of view of flower. Young leaves and tips are used like spinach in cooking and salad. The seed protocol is from the west county seed exchange. To save seed, wait until the berries are nearly dry but before they drop all over your garden and pull the berries off. Green malabar spinach 100 seeds guyana thick leaf callaloo fastgrowing vine.
Malabar aka malabar spinach to tide you over when lettuce wont grow. Basella alba, or malabar spinach also phooi leaf, red vine spinach, creeping spinach, climbing spinach is a perennial vine found in the tropics where it is widely used as a leaf vegetable. Basella rubra 10 seeds per pack this beautiful plant is not a true spinach but a different species basella rubra. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Malabar, its namesake, applies to the southern part of indias western coast. New zealand spinach seed should be soaked for 24 hours before planting. Malabar spinach grows well in hot, humid climates and is adaptable to most soils. It is found in tropical asia and africa where it is widely used as a leaf vegetable. Green malabar spinach seeds basella alba terroir seeds.
The history of territorial seed company territorial seed company is a privately held company, wholly owned by tom and julie johns. Straight species malabar spinach has yellowish stems and green. When i looked for information on saving the seed of my spinach plants, i had trouble finding anything much. Malabar spinach plants in the background with the beheaded cosmos seedling in the foreground. Malabar spinach seeds basella rubra greenstemmed is a fast growing vine. Jul 30, 2009 malabar spinach basella alba or ruba, a redder variety is actually not spinach at all. Gardenfresh young leaves make wonderfully tasty salads. Edible leaves grown from malabar spinach seeds can be used throughout summer and will flourish in heat and. Malabar spinach photo by southern exposure seed exchange. Other recent seed returns include calendula, seminole pumpkin, malabar spinach and chinese cabbage, all of which has been shared between our libraries. I have a large flower pot that was home to a lone angled luffa plant.
Saving your own vegetable seeds 1 which seeds can be saved. The berries can also be used as an edible food dye. When the berries fully dry, seeds will be easy to remove or sift and save. It has been a rough start with this new addition to my garden but were up to 3 stars. There is a gorgeous variety called rubra which sports red stems. Arche noah pro specie rara foundation this authoritative guide brings together the experience of experts in the field who have found, through careful trialing, how to reliably maximize seed quality and yield for more than 100 crop. The book also includes a list of seed saving advisors in each region of the u. Highly nutritious and highly delicious, spinach will be one of the first plants to crop up every spring. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Sep 21, 2017 spinach can grow quickly in the home garden, and often gardeners can successively plant spinach to get a continual harvest. Malabar spinach grows slowly when air temperatures are cool, but as soon as summer heat sets in it extends its vining stems at a rapid rate. Ill show you how i save seed from this wonderful remarkable vine that just keeps on giving.
We also provide extensive growing guides and blog posts to keep you informed of new techniques and happenings in the garden world. When you bring seeds to share, please label with as much information as you can. Department of agriculture hardiness zones 6 through 9, has a bad reputation for bolting going to seed quickly in hot weather. Davids garden seeds leafy greens spinach malabar red sl2437 purple 200 nongmo, open pollinated seeds. Both of these plants do well in hot conditions when lettuce wont grow. It just so happens that as im working on my new book on plant propagation, its also the perfect time to collect and save seeds. Steamed malabar spinach is great and will yield more than conventional spinach due to its fleshy nature. Here are a few other reasons on why to add planting spinach seeds to your next garden project.
Spinach is a cool season plant that prefers moist, welldrained soil high in nitrogen. If you have never had malabar spinach then be warned it is not like true spinach. Jul 28, 2014 while most leafy greens wither or go to seed in the heat of summer, hot weather is when malabar spinach shines. To learn more about this interesting plant, read this article. Learn how to properly save seeds from peppers and other fruits and vegetables so. Shop top heirloom spinach seeds to grow in your garden. When ordering seeds in early 20, i saw malabar spinach offered in a seed catalog and ordered it. According to healthline, by weight, spinach consists of 91. Malabar spinach john scheepers kitchen garden seeds. My malabar spinach plant is my new favorit thing leaves tastes like spinach but succulent and mucilagenous.
This is not a true spinach, but its spinachlike leaves are a great addition to the southwestern vegetable garden because it likes hot weather. When its raw malabar spinach has very fleshy, thick leaves that are juicy and crisp with tastes of citrus and pepper. Grow fresh spinach in your garden with high yield spinach seeds from burpee. You can also use it like spinach in soups and stews. Malabar spinach, basella alba master gardener program.
Malabar spinach plants are green basella alba or purplish basella rubra vines with thick, fleshy leaves exhibiting one of two leaf forms. Malabar spinach 3d object pima county public library. Easily the most beautiful vining edible green you can grow. Saving your own seeds is an important part of selfsufficiency and our robust seed network. It wasnt hugely popular in either role, but it was beautiful. They are pollinated easily by the wind, which can carry the pollen for several miles. Spinach, red malabar, red malabar spinach, basella rubra, medicinal seeds, seed packs, 10 seeds per pack, organically grown name. Malabar spinach basella alba or rubra is a climbing vine in a class by itself. Spinach requires long days in conjunction with cooler temperatures, so its more feasible for growers in the north to save seeds from spinach. Malabar spinach is a semisucculent vining plant with beautiful shiny heartshaped leaves along the stem. Malabar spinach works well in any salad where you would use regular spinach. Growing up in rural washington state, the job market was a somewhat lacking for those under the age of 16.
Malabar spinach malabar spinach when regular spinach begins to fade in the heat of summer, its time to start harvesting delicious malabar spinach. In the remainder of the book, ashworth describes the major vegetable families and 160 different seed varieties, including pollination techniques and growing recommendations. My 20 crop of malabar spinach had thick green stems and didnt climb. I dont always agree with her philosophically, but this is certainly a firstrate reference book. It is different but creates gorgeous leaves of spinach. This vegetable is very popular in tropical and subtropical areas. You should scarify malabar spinach seed scratch it with a file or knife. The berries are dark purple, the color of pokeweed, and the juice is dark redpurple. Learn about growing heirlooms from seed in your garden with vegetable growing guides, helpful hints, and advice on saving seeds.
Malabar spinach is the plant to grow to fit the niche for summer greens in your garden. The complete seed saving guide for 160 vegetable crops, with detailed information about each vegetable. It is sometimes listed as a separate species, basella rubra. Purchased in 1985 from its founder steve solomon, tom and julie have grown the business substantially over the past 30 years but have never strayed far from the original course set by steve. Use the edible fresh leaves in salads or stirfries. Malabar spinach plant isnt a true spinach, but its foliage does indeed resemble that green leafy vegetable. I grow kale and collards through the winter for greens to harvest fresh for our dinner table from fall to spring, but they dont do well in hot weather. The hotter the weather the better they seem to grow. We are in the midwest, so it has the right conditions here. Malabar is a vine version of spinach that will need to grow up a trellis for support. Vegetable seeds can be saved to sow new crops in the future, but not all seeds are suitable for saving. Free seed catalog heirloom, organic seed savers exchange.
When i needed to find a place to plant out a bunch of malabar spinach that i had rooted in water, i decided to put them in the same pot. The following excerpt, from chapter five, amaranthaceae, explains the process of growing spinach and saving spinach seeds. This is the redstemmed variety of malabar, known as rubra. With big glossy brightgreen, heartshaped leaves, and tender light green stems, this heatloving plant will climb 610 in warm climates. Malabar spinach plants do produce a lot of seeds and some people have complained of rampant reseeding. The glossy, thick leaves look like spinach but with mild swiss chardlike taste. Find a huge variety of spinach seeds and quality vegetable seeds at burpee. Stonysoil seed company asian heirloom green leaf malabar. Redstemmed malabar spinach brooklyn botanic garden. One of the problems with seed vaults is all the space wasted on. This item climbing malabar spinach 60 seeds ornamentaledible.
Also known as ceylon spinach, climbing spinach, gui, acelga trapadora, bratana, libato, vine spinach and malabar nightshade, malabar spinach is a member of the basellaceae family. Getting started with saving your own seeds the thrifty. What i was anticipating was red malabar basella rubra. Before those plants were completely dead, i had taken cuttings to try to save at least some malabar for planting this year.
Flowers of malabar spinach on the farm stock photo picture and source. Appell is a regular contributor to bbg publications and the author of four books. It had confused me to see two very different kinds of stalks. To order seeds of new zealand spinach, click on the link abovewe dont have malabar in stock this year, but are growing some in our seed garden and hope to have it available next season. Edible malabar spinach vine how to save seed youtube. Advertisement amazons choice for malabar spinach seeds.
Kori shows you her easy way of saving seeds from malabar spinach. Malabar spinach can be used raw, in salads, or as a stand alone vegetable. Aug 20, 2010 malabar spinach basella alba is native to india and indonesia. Malabar spinach plants how to grow malabar spinach. The question is, how and when to pick malabar spinach. Browse malabar spinach varieties at our vegetable varieties for gardeners website. This entry was posted in on the seed farm and tagged spinach on 06012010 by ken greene. Malabar can be used when small for salads, or when larger for cooking. It was time to do some detective work in my garden. Malabar spinach can also be started as transplants eight weeks before the last frost. This helps to speed germination, although my preferred. Hasten germination by scarifying the seeds, which means rubbing the seeds between two pieces of sandpaper to rough up the seed coat. If you are at all interested in saving your own seeds, or just want to know more about how its done, buy this book. Jun 01, 2006 redstemmed malabar spinach by scott d.
Spinach for spring, spinach for summer hudson valley. The second is malabar also known as malabar spinach. To view this site, you must enable javascript or upgrade to a javascriptcapable browser. Its leaves may be used as a fresh baby leaf in salads or cooked like regular spinach in stirfries, creamed conc.
Oct 08, 2016 to save seed, wait until the berries are nearly dry but before they drop all over your garden and pull the berries off. Summer spinach seeds malabar, red stemmed sow true seed. Malabar spinach, a fastgrowing, heatloving vine, includes two species. When and how to harvest malabar spinach plants although not technically a spinach, malabar leaves can be used in place of spinach and make a lovely vining edible with bright fuchsia leaf stems and veins. This year we grew malabar spinach and it played a similar role. I harvest the seed when the berries turn purpleblack. Also called basella, vietnamese spinach, this vine grows up to 14 feet tall, so youll want to train it to a stake or trellis. Other names for this vine include ceylon spinach, indian spinach, vine spinach, and malabar nightshade. If the plant cross pollinates, you want to make sure you keep it isolated so it stays true to type. In line with that thinking i try to save my own seeds whenever possible. Spinach plants produce separate male and female plants. Not a true spinach, but red malabar is similar in flavor and usage. Check with a seed saving chart or book to get isolation distances.
Malabar spinach is native to tropical asia, probably originating in india or indonesia. Malabar spinach, leaves are used just like spinach, produces during the hottest months of summer, very pretty climbing edible. Aug 12, 2012 edible malabar spinach vine how to save seed diane mumm garden videos. Baby bubba hybrid not for seed saving clemson spineless. Freebranching climber with red leaf veins and stems. It is easy to talk about saving seeds and what a good thing it is to do. Occasionally, you can find the variety rubra, which has purplish stems. Spinach plants typically produce seeds about 4 to 6. The leaves are thick and they have a slimy texture to them. It is native to the indian subcontinent, southeast asia and new guinea. Basella ruba, labeled for usda zones 7b through 11, has red stems, and basella alba, found in usda zones 10a through 11. Southern exposure seed exchange, saving the past for the. Malabar spinach is highly ornamental, and is easily trained up a trellis.
Seeds have hard coating and it is suggested to soak seeds in water overnight or the seed skin be scrached before. Malabar spinach basella rubra if you are looking for a different flavor from traditional spinach, then this gorgeous combination of deep green leaves set against burgundy stems and violet blooms will be perfect in your herb garden. Davids garden seeds leafy greens spinach malabar red sl2437 purple 200 nongmo, open pollinated seeds by davids garden seeds in stock. Medicinal seeds, spinach, red malabar, red malabar spinach. If you live in a climate like mine, you can also save these seeds at the end of the. Please check out our seed saving guides and our other growing guides. Will regrow rapidly if sprouts are cut to eat as greens. Heatresistant varieties of spinach home guides sf gate. Basella rubra 3d object all physical items in our collection have been hidden from view, and you will see a message that we do not own the item.
And malabar spinach does even better in the heat than mizuna. The two types that we are talking about are new zealand spinach and malabar spinach. Ideal for soups, salads and stirfries alike, malabar spinach can be prepared as spinach is cooked. This tropical perennial vine unrelated to true spinach is ornamental as well as edible. Malabar spinach is a spinach substitute which grows great in hot weather. Malabar spinach is typically grown on a tower, fence or tepee style trellis. When collecting seeds its best to allow seeds to mature and dry completely on the plant unless of course youre harvesting tomato.
More information than you can shake a stick at, as my grandma used to say. Growing a garden should, in my opinion, be pretty much free. Okra varieties in stock at the micanopy branch include. I will change my opinion and rating if we make it all the way to the taste test and the malabar spinach is as good as advertised. Malabar spinach is rich in vitamins a, c, iron and calcium, and is a good source of soluble fiber. Botanical classification, flower structure, pollination method, isolation distances, caging, and hand pollination techniques are all part of this informative book. Easy to grow, versatile in the kitchen, and delicious to eat, this vigorous vine is unrelated to true spinach spinacia oleracea but produces abundant large meaty leaves that are remarkably spinachlike in taste and form. Seeds germinate best if soaked in water prior to planting. A fabulous heatloving vine from the tropics, malabar spinach stands up to 90fplus heat without wilting and perishing like most other greens.