I didn’t plan on growing any climbing spinach this year since I wasn’t too impressed with them. Well it turns out it wasn’t the plant to blame, but my lack of gardening skills.
Why do I say this? It’s because when the climbing spinach ended up growing on their own in mom’s backyard garden they all looked great! Of course it’s because she takes good care of her garden by fixing the soil, pest control and watering her plants daily.
Here is a perfect heart shaped climbing spinach vine leaf. The best climbing spinach grew out of the potted Mexican lime tree. It produced some of the biggest spinach leaves I’ve ever seen. The bigger leaves were the size of my hand, but those ended up in my salad.
And it made for a great summer salad that was crisp and cooling. All I did was sliced up the veggies and tossed it with rice bran oil, apple cider vinegar, honey and along with some tangy plums, cool iceberg lettuces, plus garden cherry tomatoes.
Here’s one that volunteer to grow along with Thai Basil. Theses guys like to climb, so best to grow them along fences or trellis. This one is just climbing up a small bamboo stick. Note, in the back row are mom’s super hot chili peppers. She has grown them in pots every year and they produce lots of peppers. Almost too hot and spicy for my taste buds!
8:34 pm on July 14th, 2013
It’s nice to see your mom’s garden and potted garden do need a lot of care. I planted my string beans in pots this year and surprisingly they are doing well. I didn’t plant the spinach vine this year, I didn’t like the taste of it and didn’t have much room in the grape area where I planted last year.
11:29 pm on July 25th, 2013
Hi Nye, I am surprised to learn that some plants do better in containers. I didn’t want to grow any spinach vines this year, but these grew on their own. And I’ve grown to really like them now. They taste more like parslane than spinach to me.