I planted this @the base of all the dead trees on my property. It grows right to the upper branches. Yeah, forest garden! Thanks John!

Great video John! Here in the tropics we usually plant them by cuttings! But of course, it can grow here all year round, so there's no need to save the seeds. They are really yummy. Normally we don't allow them to vine, we cut them when they are about a foot long. they are young and tender. new suckers grow and the more you cut the more it grows! I like to cook it with squash and mung beans...Yummy!

I love my red Malabar spinach. They grow so well in my North Carolina Zone 7B did I don't plant it anymore. I have to thin the plants out. I put my yard waste and garden waste compost into a pile right beside my fence where I planted the Malabar spinach and it really grows

I just posted a video showing how I used the berries to make Malabar Spinach berry jelly. It tastes delicious, but it does take awhile to gather up the berries! :)

we have lots of this malabar spinach and it grows abundantly here in my country and the good thing about this spinach is that it doesn't require special care, it will grow nicely as long as you have enough water and sunlight.. I didn't know that it can be eaten raw until I made a malabar spinach smoothie last night, I tasted really delicious...

I had the exact opposite experience. My green malabar grew so much better/faster than the red. But in any case, they were both delicious. Great video!

Hi John! Again, great video. 1 1/2 moths ago we found out my mom has stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Watching growing your greens and raw food juicers has really opened my mind up. Still researching juicers. Having problem with that but you are so informative. My tomatoes came out great. Next step...taking over the rest of our little backyard with veggies and fruit. thank you for all you do.

So glad I found this video because I bought a butt load of malabar spinach from the farmers market last weekend :) Make more food videos!

I just planted my malabar sprouts and they are banging. We live in the tropics so I'd better get my trellis up. Not only will we eat them, but they'll help block traffic noise from the road behind our house. Great find.

I love you john. You're a blessing to this world.

John, we planted this stuff once and it's relentless! I live in TN. Every year, in the Fall, it climbs out of a couple places and races up whatever is in it's way. I haven't cared for it, but I'm going to go make myself eat some - try to figure out a way to enjoy it. I might just slop some soup on it or throw it in the next salad. It definitely has a slime factor. But it grows so well. Interestingly I have a trellis for a goji berry and it's taken over (I cut back the parts by the goji berry so that that gets light. I was going to say it climbed up a tomato and then reached the trellis, so it's pulling / holding the tomato up with it. So I can pick a few tomatoes out.

Thank you John, I love your enthusiasm and this look fabulous.

Thanks for introducing me to Red Malabar spinach John. I love it and everybody I've shown it to loves it as well

I wasn’t into growing Malabar spinach until my mom , bless her soul, taught me how to grow them. So now I’m addicted into growing them. I’m going to get the red ones.

Hi John! I went to see George In Okachobee, FL, thanks to you. My parents live in Florida and we drove up there. The place was wonderful and so was George.

John, you are so freaking awesome! Your videos are priceless! ☮️💜

I remember using malabar seeds as nail polish when I was a kid or lipstain... good memories! I just hated eating it as a kid. Great video John!

You are great! Love all of your videos. Thank you

I really enjoy your food demos. Great way to help us learn how to eat the stuff we grow. I used malabar only in sandwiches as lettuce.

Man, I love these videos you do! Even if I've been growing it for years I STILL learn something new! Keep it up!

A fun video. I always learn alot. Your sincerity and passion really comes through. . . thanks.

I live in Orlando and they have been selling pots of this at flea markets in the area.

Good stuff John - love that HUGE bug that stopped by for a visit during the video.. :) Guess he/she was hungry too!

Looking forward to using my malabar spinach in this method!

The Malabar spinach for us is used as an herb. We put it in chicken soup and eat it to cleanse the body of impurities after birthing a child.

Great episode John. Friend of mine let me try some malabar he was growing. It was delicious, can't wait to grow some of my own next year.

We got the malabar spinach and it's so delicious!!!!!

what can I say but you are an inspiration to us all.. thanks for sharing. so yummmmmmmmy recipe. can't wait to try it.

Looks delicious. Going to try

You make the most informative amazing videos thanks so much man

We actually use Malabar Spinach as one of the herb for cooking our chicken stock especially for women after delivery to boost their strength.

@lorenrenee1

3 жыл бұрын

Lots of folic acid in them.

i am so excited !!! I found some organic malabar spinach starts at whole foods today !!! =D its good to have a green that we can grow in the summer =)

Awesome video thanks john

Great video John, couldn't agree with you more about the fresh food one gets from his own garden. While in the grocery store yesterday I asked about some garlic that the sign said was fresh. "Where did the garlic come from?" the clerk replied "from Chile" I thought wow that's "Fresh"? So growing your own is by far the best and is fresh. I am planning next years garden already and wanted to let you know that your tips and garden have played an influential part in what I grow.

Well thanks for the video! Now i cant wait for my malabar seeds to arrive :))

Good thing I make my own laundry detergent LOL Gotta be able to get all that purplish color out of my kids clothes when they start having fun with this stuff! Just started some Malabar Spinach seed yesterday, can't wait for the results!

Great Video John! Just bought a Malabar Spinach plant the other day... Thxs for the info. I'm all excited to see it grow!! Eat Well,Be Well!! :-)

dude this is a awesome video, i have some growing in my back yard from a buy Thur some growers that sell herbs and such from a green house they have. texas weather san antonio glad to know that they can vein 15 to 30 feet im'a going to make a make shift a sort of trellis for it glad to know you can eat the flower's and when the seeds emerge. thanks john

Tôi rất thích nấu canh malabả spinach i love john.

i have that kind of vegetables on my garden. and we call it alugbati here in philippines. we dont eat that uncook. and we revove the seeds so it will give you more leaves. you can replant using the vines just cut about 6 inches and it grows really fast. you have a vegetable the whole year

glad im getting out there :) Yes, $20 is a great price.. consider yourself lucky its available in your local area!

ooooooooooooooh, John, this is my favorite video so far. I loved your intro to each veggie and your demo of nori rolls. I only wish I could eat that grown in your compost and your rock dust. I gotta get me some of that. please do more videos like this.... what is for dinner?

Another great vid!!!

dude... this was awesome

great video mate thanks!

Spinach, beets, chard are from the goosefoot family. We don’t have frost here so I’m gonna see if they last over the winter. Reed are my favorite avecado.

I love my Malabar spinach.

actually you don't necessarily need to grow the malabar spinach using it seeds, cause if you can get the stem it will will work perfectly ..plus a lot of water and light..

yummm, you're an inspiration!

Look so delicious

that fly at 13:01 made my ear itch haha

Thank you for inspiring me to grow Malabar spinach -I got red one seed pack, but for some reason it grew with green stems. I do like the taste a lot, but it is growing quite slow (maybe because my tomatoe shaded it out a bit -I didn't expect it to grow that far as it did.

i like your war paint!

Re watched lol it's awesome for the die also since I do my own spinning will see if it turns out good!

I got my seeds a few days ago, now to find a good spot to reseed.

I would really love it if you did a video on how to save seeds from malabar spinach. I love that veggie, but I am finding it really messy and really slow going to collect their seeds. You rock Jon, keep on growin' on.

You can dry the leaves and then powder them and use as a thicker, just like okra.

Yummy!

Its Dulse. Its a seaweed, delicious. Check at a local health food store or do a google search to order direct from the harvester. I get mine from Larch Hansen in Canada.

just bought some today

Great video! I'm going to plant one. BTW, who gave you that black eye?

very good

I Want one of this

May have a video when I have a lot of ripe malabar seeds to harvest.. that being said, its really easy.. I did it the "one at a time" method in this video.. while getting the nutrients from the fruit.. That is an unnecessary step. Just collect all the stems or just pull whole plants with purple pods. and hang to dry in the sun or shade or dehydrate out the liquid. You will be left with the seed.

Or alugbati in west visayas philippines, its yummy and nutritious:-)

I eat them fresh and sometimes put in my sandwich,

@ironrose14 So sorry, I started with my Vita Mix and having green smoothies and I feel soo good. I add Chia seeds, ground flax and bee pollen and sproted seeds. Best to you and God Bless.

I'm in western Washington state and we have fairly mild winters (40-45oF) and dont tend to see cold temps (20oF) for more than a couple days when we lose cloud cover. I'm wondering if I can get malabar spinach to grow in the greenhouse and survive the winter as the real cold weather actually shows up with lots of sunlight (the cloud cover thing). Possible? Advice? I'm planning on putting in a stand alone solar powered fountain pump and fan with a small pond/waterfall to act as a heat sink.

Question - Cannot find online anything abut the very nutritious what I was told is called Red Japanese Spinach. The deep almost purple stem leaf that is a pointy type leaf that is green on the bottom side of the leaf. It has the flower cluster as you show on this Malabar Spinach, but the leaf is different in color and shape. So what kind of Spinach do I have ? It is a super food. Tops in nutrition.

Hey John! I have growing the hyacinth vine and I didn't realize you could eat them. However, I do get differing info about them on the web. Have you ever grown them? I have read that you can eat the flowers, young pods and beans, but you want to really cook and change the water several times to cook the mature beans. The leaves taste like spinach and the beans like lima beans.(which is the family they are in)...remind me of scarlet runner beans...

I purchased some granite dust, here in Florida. We were told it was good to help strengthen the roots. Can I use that for our Malabar? Thanks... Great video!!

Does the Malabar spinach contain oxalates? What are your favorite oxalate free leafy greens? Keep up the good work your videos are always very educational and funny.

@yibuseato

4 жыл бұрын

I am curious about the oxalates content too as I have family member with kidney issues. Did you happen to find out this info? ☮️💜

I am working on an edible landscape. I want to train the Malabar up some livestock panel to shade my patio. Nothing like a shade crop that doubles as an edible. I am curious how many seeds should I plant at the base to fill in the 4' x 8' panel?

@nipzeygypzey653

6 жыл бұрын

Don’t know if you ever got an answer but if you want a thick cover, I’d go with around 10

@Yoyoyoyoasshole

4 жыл бұрын

Did it work?

wow! that looks delicious! why u didn't u wash them vegetables? do u perserve those fruits n vegetables seeds to grow them again??

@LifestyleGardener

6 жыл бұрын

prami knowles he don't wash them, because, that one off the way he get's his vitamin b12. He don't eat meat. You can research about how you can get vitamin b12 from the soil!

Good video and demo but what was the last ingredient you added when you wer breaking it apart. Sounded like you said Doss or Dosh. Usually your pretty descriptive but on this one what is it?

Could this grow on a barbed wire fence and make an edible privacy hedge?

John, can you juice the red malabar?

bilbilunak that what its called in the philippines because we are tropical country we grow these real nice.

Have you tried roasting them or dehydrating them like kale (to make chips)? Thanks

hey John can I juice the seeds n my green juice?

I found a store here in Red Bluff, CA that sells 50lb bags of glacial rock dust for $20.00.. I was really surprised! I ask the lady at the counter about it and if its popular in organic growing she said she has only sold a few bags but she grows everything with it and it does great... she mentioned a guy on youtube that uses it in everything... i said John Kohler? she said ohh u have seen his videos as well.. i thought that was pretty cool. Is $20.00 a good price for Rockdust?

Can be invasive? I want to make a living wall next to property line. I'm guessing it can potentially overrun my neighbors yard? I couldn't do this wrap without nut dressing, garlic, onion, and salt. I need onions and salt for everything

Hi, I have been growing spinach since 1 n half month now. I noticed that the spinach leaves are not growing big, infact they are growing thicker day by day and dies off as baby leaved only. I think it is some miniature variety. can u please help me knowing this variety name. Regards

You said it could be invasive. I couldn't tell, but are you growing it in a large bed with other veggies? If so, was it invasive? Do you grow it isolated in it's own container? In other words, should I treat it like mint?

Every time I sow malabar spinach seeds (indoors), they germinate, get 2 leaves, and then slowly turn gray and die. I have occasionally seen gnats near them. Please help???

where do you get malabar spinach plants in Las Vegas?

@Derek_Wong

7 жыл бұрын

U can buy the seeds online

It is reportedly naturalized in china not India,, tropical Africa, Brazil, Belize, Colombia, the West Indies, . Basella alba is known under various common names, including Malabar Spinach, vine spinach, red vine spinach, climbing spinach, creeping spinach, buffalo spinach and Ceylon spinach among others.

Could you trellis it up a tree in your regular landscaping?

@MsDivemonster

3 жыл бұрын

Yes you cani, have two set of Malabar trellis

That bugs cracking me up

Please, put caption on this video!!

Why do you not wash your produce?

A WHITE tomato ??

Hi! can I please buy seeds of malabar spinach from you?

i prefer Matador spinach..the best germination rate on spinach seeds ..instead of 4-5 seeds per hole I use ONE Matador spinach seed you can find all the usual seeds[tomato..LSB spinach..broccoli..etc] at rnew3340 Alum Creek Farm ...at eBay

Save your seeds! So you can send me some, Pleeeeeeeease! Trying to collect and grow, as many different non GMO varieties, world wide as possible.

Anyone interested in some Malabar Spinach seeds? I got mine from Baker Creek. I grew the plant this year and I'm not a fan of the texture. Too..thick? Too succulenty? for my taste. Send me a self addressed envelope and I'll send you some seeds.

Lear a lot

Malabar greens... Filmed with a potato

You talk too much.

@self-issuedcurrency

6 жыл бұрын

Gunga galunga.

@floridahiker1800

5 жыл бұрын

What he is talking about is very important.

I have literally a yard full of this.