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How to grow malabar spinach

Basella alba · other family · annual crop

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Growing basics

Malabar spinach is a warm-season crop, started from seed in the garden or transplanted.

Seeds germinate once soil reaches about 65°F.

Varieties run about 70 days to maturity.

Grows best in full sun.

Frost-tender: plants go out after the last frost.

Space plants about 12 inches apart.

Sources

2 varieties of malabar spinach in the library

Green Malabar · Red Malabar

Each has a full cited page in the library.

Pests and diseases we cover

Identification and treatment for each, with photos, in the library.

Row & Bed covers 2 malabar spinach varieties, each with a cited care timeline and fertilization schedule, identification and treatment for the pest that reaches them, and planting windows worked out for your ZIP.

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