indischer Spinat

created by Christoph S. at 06.02.2021

Season Overview

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Description

Indian spinach is a 1 to 9 foot tall, twining, herbaceous, heat-loving plant. Makes also as a climbing ornamental plant what. The leaves need to be cooked only very briefly and contain important vitamins, minerals and trace elements, such as magnesium, calcium, phophore, iron and carbohydrates. They can also be eaten raw. Also for Asian cuisine. In the Orient they are used to make soups and sauces creamy.

F1 Hybrid

Not frost resistant

Growing tips

Pre-plant at home from March, plant out only after mid-May. The plant needs a climbing frame and a full sun location. In the tropics Basella alba grows up to 9 m high, here up to 2 m.