Strawberry spinach has in fact little to do with strawberries and more so to do with spinach. This wonderful herb is in fact related to spinach but its berries do not share anything with strawberries other than their color. What's great about strawberry spinach is that you can eat the little berries as well as the leaves. The leaves have a very wild, slightly sweet taste, while the berries are tangy, and therefore make for excellent salad accompaniments. Today we'll teach you how to grow strawberry spinach, also known as strawberry blite. Strawberry spinach can grow wild in North America, part of Europe, and New Zealand. Although it's not widely grown (commercially or otherwise), it's fairly easy to grow in any garden! Let's find out how to grow strawberry spinach and add a little zest to your salads!
How to Grow Strawberry AKA Strawberry Blite
Strawberry spinach is a cold weather crop, but it also does well in heat, as opposed to its cousin spinach. Seeds can be purchased mostly online, but you can also try to find them at your local nursery. You can start planting your strawberry spinach plant in early spring.
Growing Strawberry Spinach:
- Prepare moist soil in an area where there will be full sun. You can also plant in a large pot or container.
- If you live in a cooler climate, plant in early spring so you'll have the leaves in mid-end of spring, and the berries in the summer.
- If you live in a warmer climate, plant in the fall for late fall/early winter leaves and berries in the spring.
- Sow directly in moist soil, about 1-2 inches apart and in rows 16-18 inches apart.
- Water regularly, and your strawberry spinach will grow on its own – not much care required!
- Because it is self-seeding though, it will grow away in the same space, so if you don't want that, you simply have to remove it before the season is over.
Kwa kweli, mchicha wa jordgubbar una uhusiano mdogo na jordgubbar na zaidi na mchicha. Mti huu wa ajabu kwa kweli unahusiana na mchuzi lakini matunda yake hayana kitu cha kushiriki na jordgubbar isipokuwa rangi yao. Jambo la kushangaza kuhusu spinach ya jordgubbar ni kwamba unaweza kula berries ndogo pamoja na majani. Majani yake yana ladha tamu kidogo, huku matunda yake yakiwa na ladha kali, na hivyo yanafaa sana kwa ajili ya saladi. Leo tutakufundisha jinsi ya kukuza spinach ya jordgubbar, inayojulikana pia kama blite ya jordgubbar. Mdalasini wa jordgubbar unaweza kukua mwituni katika Amerika Kaskazini, sehemu ya Ulaya, na New Zealand. Ingawa haikuzwa sana (kwa biashara au vinginevyo), ni rahisi kukua katika bustani yoyote! Hebu tujue jinsi ya kukuza mchuzi wa jordgubbar na kuongeza ladha kidogo kwa saladi zako! Strawberry Spinach ni mimea ya hali ya hewa baridi, lakini pia inafanya vizuri katika joto, kinyume na binamu yake spinach. Mbegu zaweza kununuliwa hasa mtandaoni, lakini unaweza pia kujaribu kuzipata katika kiwanda cha kuzaliana cha karibu. Unaweza kuanza kupanda mmea wako wa mchicha wa jordgubbar mapema katika majira ya kuchipua. Kukuza Strawberry Spinach: - Kuandaa udongo unyevu katika eneo ambapo kutakuwa na jua kamili. Unaweza pia kupanda katika chungu au chombo kikubwa. Ikiwa unaishi katika hali ya hewa ya baridi, kupanda mapema katika majira ya kuchipua, hivyo utakuwa na majani katikati ya mwisho wa majira ya kuchipua, na berries katika majira ya joto. - Kama unaishi katika hali ya hewa ya joto, kupanda katika kuanguka kwa majani ya mwisho wa vuli / mapema majira ya baridi na berries katika spring. Kupanda moja kwa moja katika udongo unyevu, karibu inchi 1-2 mbali na katika safu 16-18 inchi mbali. - Nyunyizia maji kwa ukawaida, na mchicha wako wa jordgubbar utakua peke yake - huhitaji kutunzwa sana! Kwa sababu ya kupanua yenyewe, itakua katika nafasi moja, kwa hivyo ikiwa hutaki hilo, lazima uiondoe kabla ya msimu kumalizika.