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Seed Savers Exchange - Red Malabar Spinach

Seed Savers Exchange - Red Malabar Spinach

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  • Not a true spinach, but similar in flavor and usage
  • Soft, rounded leaves
  • Red leaf veins and stems
  • Sprouts are cut to eat as greens
  • Free-branching climber re-grows rapidly
  • Heat tolerant
  • 50-70 days
  • 50 seeds per packet

(Basella rubra) Tropical heat-loving vine from India. Not a true spinach, but similar in flavor and usage. Free-branching climber with red leaf veins and stems. Will regrow rapidly if sprouts are cut to eat as greens. Pinch tips to encourage branching. Stems can be cut and rooted. 50-70 days.

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