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| Amaranth, Red Leaf, Tampala, Calaloo |
Amaranthus tricolor
Large medium-green tender tasty leaves. The oval leaves are overlaid with burgundy red for a coleus-like appearance. Delicious cooked, in our experience it tastes like spinach but without the oxalic acid or as much fiber. Not good raw. Whole plant must be harvested - picking leaf by leaf it gets bitter. Best to sow in succession. Heat tolerant. Multi-stalked, 18-20" tall. C 300 seeds. |
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| VGR-3771
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| Aztec Spinach (Huauzontle) |
Chenopodium nuttalliae
Huauzontle. A relative of quinoa and spinach--more or less midway between the two in size, shape and use. Sprouts quickly for use as red baby leaves for salad mix. Harvest the tops as seedheads begin to appear and cook like broccoli with a completely different flavor. 200 seeds.
Photo:
Bill Bruneau, Willits CA |
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| VBU-2690
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| Burdock, Takinogawa Long (Gobo) |
Arctium lappa
A very important vegetable in Japan and China - regarded as both nutritious and curative. Long tender roots grow quickly. Biennial: a crop possible the first year, but larger crop in second. Does best in deep, sandy soils. Flowering stems edible, can be sprouted, tender young roots eaten like celery, older roots cooked like carrots, and stalks can also be steamed. Medicinal: Powerful blood purifier, detoxicant, skin disorders, traditional. for kidney stones. 60 seeds. |
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| VGR-3750
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| Egyptian Spinach Greens, Specialty |
Corchorus olitorius
Molokheiya. A great multi-purpose continuous harvest vegetable that can survive both dry and wet conditions. The fresh leaves can be eaten as a salad green or potherb and dried leaves can be used to thicken soups or for tea. Holds well in the field and several cuttings are possible. 100 seeds. |
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| MBO-6240
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| Lettuce Mix, Bolt-resistant |
A mix of heading and leaf types that show tolerance to heat and are least likely to bolt when the days get long and hot.
Photo courtesy of:
Allotment Gardening in North Essex-www.allotmentgardeninginnorthessex.com |
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| VGR-3790
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| Malabar Spinach Greens, Specialty |
Basella rubra
Not actually spinach, but a good hot weather substitute. A very unusual productive and delicious Asian vegetable. Thick, dark-green leaves provide abundant tasty greens throughout the summer when spinach will no longer grow: heat tolerant and vigorous. The current variety has an attractive red stem. Vining habit - provide an adequate trellis for growth up to 6’. Delicious mild taste equally good in salads and cooking. Young stems good in salads. 50 seeds.
Photos:
My Little Vegetable Garden-bangchik and kakdah, Malaysia- mylittlevegetablegarden.blogspot.com |
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| VGR-3800
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| New Zealand Spinach, Greens, Specialty |
Tetragonia expansa
Not actually spinach, but a good hot weather substitute. Salt tolerant and will even grow in sand. Has small arrow-shaped leaves, thicker than spinach. Very slow to germinate so give it time Tastes a lot like spinach cooked. Regular trimming encourages lush growth. 40 seeds. |
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| VGR-3825
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| Orach, Aurora, Greens, Organic |
Atriplex hortensis
37-60 days. An amazing rainbow of bright and unusual colors really jazzes up summer salads and vegetable plates: red, gold, green, pink, carmine, and purple. The leaves have a shimmery radiance that you really have to see. 80 seeds.
Photo courtesy of:
From Seed to Table blog_A Journal of my Edible Gardening and Cooking Adventures-fromseedtotable.blogspot.com |
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