Strawbini Seed
Chenepodium capitatum
- Also known as the Beetberry or Strawberry Spinach.
- Green foliage can be eaten as an alternative to Spinach.
- Rich red fruits have a taste reminiscent of Strawberries.
Supplied as a packet of approximately 200 seeds.
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Description
This is a name we have chosen for a very old but little known vegetable. Or is it a fruit? A native of North America it is also claimed that it was cultivated by German monks over 400 years ago.
You grow this and eat it as you would Spinach, but the surprise is to come! Very tiny at first, then day by day growing bigger, strawberry-like fruits appear in each leaf joint or axil of the plant . Do not be too anxious to pick them. Leave until they become dark crimson red, then pick. They are so sweet and delicious.
- Sow thinly in ½" (1 cm) deep drills in rows 18" (45 cm) apart.
- Thin plants to 10" (25 cm) apart when large enough to handle.
- Alternatively raise in seed trays and transplant from May onwards.
- Grows to around 2 feet (60 cm) tall.
- Usually grown as an annual it can overwinter if weather is not too severe as it is perennial in habit.
- Whilst the leaves can be eaten raw, they should be eaten in moderation as they contain oxalates - which are destroyed by cooking as you would Spinach (which also contains oxalates).
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