Strawberry Spinach
Chenopodium foliosum
Standard seed packet, 50 seeds (NOT TO WA)
$1.50
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Strawberry Spinach
Chenopodium foliosum
Synonyms: Blitum virgatum
NOT TO WA
- Annual to 50cm
- Native to Europe
- Edible leaves & berries
Annual to 50cm. Produces long branches of green toothed leaves and red strawberry like fruits. Sweet fruit can be eaten raw or cooked and is often used in salads or preserves. Leaves & shoots can be eaten raw or cooked like spinach. Fast growing unusual herb, does well in pots or even as an ornamental plant. Also known as "Strawberry Goosefoot", "Leafy Goosefoot" or "Strawberry Blite".
How to sow and grow:
| Method: | Raise seedlings |
| Sowing Depth: | 3mm |
| When: | Spring |
| Germination: | 7-14 days @ 18-22°C |
| Hardiness / Life Cycle: | Half hardy Perennial |
| Plant Spacing: | 100cm |
| Plant Height: | 50cm |
| Position: | Full sun to part shade, well drained soil |
| Days to Maturity/Flowering: | 50 days |
(Product number: D8-16)
Seeds per gram: 1250 seeds
| SKU | D8-16 |
| Shipping Weight | 0.0010kg |
| Botanical name: | Chenopodium foliosum |
| Botanical synonyms: | Blitum virgatum |
| Packet type: | Standard seed packet |
| Packet quantity: | 50 seeds |
| Quarantine restrictions: | NOT TO WA |
| Seeds per gram: | 1250 |
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