1. Best Sowing Time:

Throughout the year. Best grown in summer.

2. Soil Temprature:

Optimal soil temperature: 10-30°C (40-85°F). Seeds should germinate in 10-15 days.

3. Steps for Seed Sowing Method:

• Select a container with uniform drainage holes at the bottom. .
• Fill the container with selected growing medium.

Spacing:
• Make shallow holes (1 cm) at a distance of 3 x 3 inches throughout the surface of soil medium.
• Sow 2-3 seeds per hole.
• Push the seeds little in the soil medium with your fingers & cover them completely with the surrounding soil.
• Water the sown seed bed immediately by a light shower with a watering can.
• If seeds are planted in outdoor raised beds, protect them from heavy rain or direct sunlight by making a temporary roof plastic sheet for first few days.

4. Growth Steps of Malbar Spinach Plants

• Germination: Seeds will germinate within first six days or even much earlier & tiny seedlings will be visible with first leaves. .

Thinning:
• If more than one seed has germinated per hole, cut off the smaller seedlings & only keep one seedling per hole.
• Baby Malabar Spinach plants will be visible in 10-15 days.
• Mature leaves will be ready to harvest in 30-40 days.

5. How to Take Care For Malbar Spinach Plants

• Sunlight: Malabar Spinach requires partial sunlight (3-4 hours) in summer & it can withstand full sunlight in winters. So place your containers accordingly. .
• Watering: Water your Malabar Spinach container / raised bed every day in the form of a light shower with a watering can. Sprinklers can be placed outdoors.
• Manuring: As mentioned earlier, add good quality organic manure in the soil with 2:1 ratio before sowing seeds. organic fertilizer can be well rotten cow dung manure, farmyard manure, compost or vermicompost.
• Plant care: Always look for the early signs of any insect/fungal/ any other infections. Spray appropriate medicines as soon as any symptoms of such diseases are spotted.
• Microgreens: If you plan to grow microgreens Malabar Spinach. Grow it indoors in flat containers. Sow-scatter the seeds in a crowded manner. You can harvest it in 10-15 days by uprooting the baby plants.
• Harvesting: About 30-40 days after sowing, Malabar Spinach can be harvested by cutting the mature leaves using a scissor and leaving the tender growing base of the plant for the next harvest. You can keep harvesting Malabar Spinach as long as the plant survives.