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'Green Malabar' Spinach - Malabar

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Description:	Vining, warm-season plants with glossy, thick, savoyed leaves. Summer into fall harvest. Also known as 'Malabar Green Stem' and 'Green Vine'.
Days To Maturity:	60-85
Seed Sources:	Underwood Gardens - updated in 2011

Rating Summary

Overall: (3.0 Stars) Taste: (3.0 Stars) Yield: (2.0 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (5.0 Stars)

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Number of Reviews: 1

KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease

Reviewed on 05/31/2010 by Sam1986 - A novice gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Sarasota, Florida, United States Frost Free Season: More than 203 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20') Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
I received a two leafed plant with a few roots during a home show in Sarasota County FL in Nov 2010. I kept the little sample in water until April and planted it in a pot on our lanai. It quickly began to produce tender leaves that I ate right off the plant. The tase is pleasant, but as one chews a leaf, a mucilaginous substance is produced that is a little off-putting. I added it to a lettuce and tomato sandwich and enjoyed it very much that way and didn't notice the aforementioned sensation.

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