Description
1-gram ~500 Seeds MOLOKHIA Egyptian Spinach seeds; Heirloom Non-GMO; Corchorus olitorius; Kitazawa Seed #077 This Middle Eastern super-green, known as Jew’s mallow or Egyptian spinach, has a high vitamin and mineral content. This “food of kings” dates back to the time of the pharaohs, when an Egyptian king drank it in soup to recover from an illness. Today, it’s one of the most widely eaten vegetables in Egypt. In the Philippines, it is called “saluyot” and is widely grown for the leaves. Warm season annual Maturity: Approx. 60 days, pinch tender stems to allow continuous harvest until frost. Planting season: Spring to summer germination rate 83%; tested 10/2020 Need more seeds? 2-gram packet has about 1000 seeds. 0.25OZ packet has about 3500 seeds.
Tiffel –
Fast delivery! Very happy with purchase!
Received a very nice amount of seeds. Waiting for germination once our cold snaps stop messing up my plants – has slowed for most of my other seeds. Looking forward to nice plants!
Carmen M –
These Egyptian spinach seeds were carefully packed and shipped super quickly. The seeds looked very healthy and have started to germinate in less than a week.
Betsy Carraway –
These are growing beautifully, everything I ordered is wonderful!!
MC –
I was impressed with the meticulously packed seeds.
These germinated in 2 days.
I have been harvesting leaves/tops for months now. It’s amazing how they grow fast!