Use green portion of leaves as for spinach. The thick white midribs should be cut into sections, cooked for a few minutes in boiling, salted water, and served separately while still crisp. Crops continuously from July to late autumn. A nutritious, delicious and ornamental alternative to spinach. (Roots not edible.)
Growing Information
Sow direct outside from mid April to June. Harvest July to mid November.
Sowing Information
For container growing – sow thinly direct into the compost.
For raised beds try sowing in 30cm (12″) squares spacing a few seeds every 7.5cm (3″) 13mm ( 1?2″) deep. (Alternatively sow liberally and use resulting seedlings as ‘baby’; leaves.) Germination 10-14 days. As seedlings emerge, remove spare seedlings to leave one per ‘station’; (thus you will have finally 4 plants per square.) You can sow in rows 30cm (12″) apart.
Sowing ➝ Cropping 5-12 weeks.
