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Ceylon Spinach

Last post 02-07-2008 1:18 PM by David 29971. 2 replies.

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  • 02/07/2008 12:41 PM
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    Ceylon spinach is a leafy veg consisting of various perennial species of Basella widely used as leafy greens in hot countries.  You just sow seeds in pots in a frost free greenhouse in spring, plant out into any fertile well drained garden soil in full sun or light shade in early summer and off it goes.  They make good ground cover or climbers.  The first frost will polish them off, although I suppose you could try keeping plants in windowsills or in conservatoties.

     Chilterns supply seeds.

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