Grow guide
How to grow Malabar Spinach
Basella alba
- Type
- Spinach
- Zones
- USDA zones 7–11
- Sun
- Full
- Time to harvest
- 55–70 days
- Spacing
- 12″ apart
- Density
- 1 per sq ft
- Habit
- Climbing
- Frost tolerance
- Tender
- Sowing
- Start indoors, then transplant
- Start indoors
- 6 weeks before last frost
Care
- Harvest Weekly
- Water 2x/week
Notes
Heat-loving vine, summer green for VA when true spinach bolts.
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