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06-14-2010, 06:12 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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Malabar Spinach
Does anyone here grow Malabar Spinach? Does it taste like regular spinach? Is it worth growing...I got a few seeds?
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06-14-2010, 06:18 PM | #2 (permalink) |
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Re: Malabar Spinach
Come on "Popeye" just grow it already & find out.. It will make you strong like Bull. :^)
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06-14-2010, 07:58 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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Re: Malabar Spinach
I have seen the plant in person, but i haven't tried to grow it or taste it......So grow it already and you can tell us
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06-14-2010, 07:59 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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Re: Malabar Spinach
Okay, two against one. I'll plant it tomorrow.
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06-14-2010, 08:34 PM | #5 (permalink) |
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lol
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06-15-2010, 11:56 AM | #6 (permalink) |
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Re: Malabar Spinach
I don't really think it tastes like regular spinach but it is good. What I've grown here as Malabar Spinach grows very vine-like and vigorously throughout the hot summer months. We had two plants in one of our gardens where I work and they about took the bed over. You can either cook them or eat it raw like a salad green, though is does tend to be a bit slimy when you tear it up, sort of like okra can be.
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Re: Malabar Spinach
I grew it years ago and didn't much care for the taste, but I do like spinach, fresh or cooked.
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06-15-2010, 10:22 PM | #8 (permalink) |
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Re: Malabar Spinach
I grew it a few years back and it did have a different flavor. I tend to agree with the slimy part but it's not as slimy as okra or cactus though. I wonder if you put a bit of lemon juice with it maybe it would cut the slime? It grew fairly vigorously for me as a vine though when it got really hot, it slowed down.
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