Chenopodium giganteum
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Chenopodium giganteum , Tree Spinach, Giant Goosefoot
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Genus: Chenopodium
Tiny greenish yellow flowers. The leaves are mid green, arrow shaped with serrated edges. The new young growth is a stunning magenta colour. Culinary; the young leaves are rich in iron calcium and vitamins B1 and C, add to salads.
Characteristics:
• Hardiness: H5 (-10 to -15C)
• Type: Annual
• Height: up to 2m
• Spread: 45cm
Tree Spinach is available to buy online as herb seeds.
Details
• Aspect: Sun, Partial Shade
• Soil type: Fertile Loam
• pH: Universal pH
• Habit: Upright
• Flowering colour: Green, Yellow
• Flowering time: Summer
• Uses: Culinary & Medicinal (Read Jekka’s Guide To Culinary Herbs and Medicinal Herbs for more information)
• Attracts pollinators: No
• Container suitability: No
• UK native: No
• Caution: N/A
Growing
• Grown from seed:
• Indoor Sowing: in early spring, into prepared plug trays or pots, cover seeds with perlite. Bottom heat, 18°C, aids germination.
• Outdoor Sowing: In early summer. Thin seedlings to 20cm apart.
• Propagation: N/A
• Maintenance: (See Jekka’s Blogs on Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer and Autumn maintenance)
• Harvest: N/A
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