Faster strawberry spinach
Chenopodium capitatum
HOW TO GROW STRAWBERRY SPINACH
Summer alternative to spinach, can handle a wider variety of climates. Direct sow 2-3 weeks before last frost or start indoors 3-4 weeks before last frost and transplant. Several plants germinate from one dried berry, thin to one or two from a small scissors. Try cutting each berry-seed in half to reduce the number of plants that germinate. Requires loose fertile soil to grow to full size. Soil pH 6.1-7.8. Hardiness zones 2-8. Annual.
Usual seed life 3–5 years.
Planting Depth 1/4”
Soil Temp. Germ. 45-70˚F
Days to Germ. 5-15
Plant Spacing 6-8”
Row Spacing 18-24”
Days To Maturity 50
Full Sun, Moist Well Drained
Usual seed life 3–5 years.
Planting Depth 1/4”
Soil Temp. Germ. 45-70˚F
Days to Germ. 5-15
Plant Spacing 6-8”
Row Spacing 18-24”
Days To Maturity 50
Full Sun, Moist Well Drained
Faster Seed Count
1 Ounce ≈ 56,700 seeds
- 150 Seeds$3.50
- 1500 Seeds$16.50
Strawberry Spinach is not a true spinach, but is actually a member of the Chenopodiaceae family. It has small, smooth-arrowhead leaves with edible, small red mulberry-like berries with small seeds. It adds color and variety to your garden and salads. Wild Chenopodiums all have erratic seed germination, due largely t...
Strawberry Spinach is not a true spinach, but is actually a member of the Chenopodiaceae family. It has small, smooth-arrowhead leaves with edible, small red mulberry-like berries with small seeds. It adds color and variety to your garden and salads. Wild Chenopodiums all have erratic seed germination, due largely to variable thickness of the seed coat. This strain has undergone several generations of selection for faster sprouting and faster growing seedlings. Also known as Beetberry, Strawberry Blite, Goosefoot, Strawberry Goosefoot, Indian Paint and Indian Ink. Tags: Color: Green, Heritage: Heirloom, Certification: Organic.
Native to North America moist maintain valleys.
Native to North America moist maintain valleys.
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Karen and I began Wild Garden Seed in 1994 at the same kitchen table where her laptop is sitting now. The seed business was an adjunct to our Wild Garden Salad business until September of 2001, when we left salad selling behind and rededicated all of our energies to making a livelihood as seed growers, breeders, and sellers. There were some very tough years there. In 2002 we began a joint venture with our friends John Eveland and Sally Brewer, owners of Gathering Together Farm, to grow and sell organic seed under the Wild Garden name. Gathering Together Farm provided the infrastructure, means of production, and home office services, Shoulder to Shoulder Farm provided the seed management, processing, research, and marketing. We shared many complimentary farm functions over the years: the insectary benefits of diverse flowers in a long period of blooming, the harvest synergies of biennial crop production together, peaks and ebbs in farming cash flow, and seasonally opportune infrastructure sharing. All of these made the farm function better and helped lift Wild Garden Seed into a self-sustaining, farm-based seed enterprise with an international reach. We sold seed to 41 countries in 2014, our 20th anniversary.
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