Author Topic: strawbini's blitum foliosum  (Read 1821 times)

daveandtara

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strawbini's blitum foliosum
« on: January 23, 2006, 17:26:02 »
common name "strawberry spinach"

has anyone tried these ? :-\

we picked some seeds up at seedy sunday. ;D

they are so weird. you can cook like spinach or wait until it sprouts little strawberry type berries. :o


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Re: strawbini's blitum foliosum
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2006, 19:16:21 »
Grew some of these once - advertised as Chenopodium Strawberry Sticks. Don't hold your breath, won't grow them again, berries look nice but taste is not like strawberry, very gritty. Decorative though.

 

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