Malabar Spinach
 

Does anyone here grow Malabar Spinach? Does it taste like regular spinach? Is it worth growing...I got a few seeds?

Re: Malabar Spinach
 

Come on "Popeye" just grow it already & find out.. It will make you strong like Bull. :^)

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 :D

Re: Malabar Spinach
 

Okay, two against one.:ha: I'll plant it tomorrow.

Re: Malabar Spinach
 

lol

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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I grew it years ago and didn't much care for the taste, but I do like spinach, fresh or cooked.

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.

Re: Malabar Spinach
 

Planted this one today!