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Malabar Spinach

Bachhali Kura / Poi

A heat-loving climbing green that thrives when ordinary spinach fails. Trellis it and harvest all monsoon.

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Planting calendar

Month-by-month sowing suitability (northern-hemisphere reference — the app shifts calendars for your latitude). Best months to sow: Mar–Sep.

Year-roundMalabar Spinach is year-round — viable most months when you manage containers, water, and shade. Peaks may still vary.
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Malabar Spinach monthly sowing suitability
MonthSuitability
JanuaryGood
FebruaryGood
MarchBest
AprilBest
MayBest
JuneBest
JulyBest
AugustBest
SeptemberBest
OctoberGood
NovemberGood
DecemberGood
Growing requirements
Sun
57 hours direct light
Water
High
Shade tolerance
Medium
Container
18L (15 inch grow bag)
Soil depth
25 cm
Support
Needs trellis
First harvest
40 days from sowing
Lifecycle
180 days
Timeline

Germination: about 10 days.

Flowering begins: around day 0.

First harvest: around day 40.

Harvest window: roughly 120 days.

Terrace notes for Malabar Spinach

The summer/monsoon answer to leafy greens. Thrives in heat and humidity that kill palak, climbing happily up a balcony rail.

Care tips

  • Soak the hard seed overnight before sowing.
  • Train it up a string or net to save space.
  • Pinch tips often for tender, bushy growth.
Common pests
  • Leaf-eating caterpillars
Common diseases
  • Leaf spot

Traits

  • Beginner safe
  • Needs trellis
  • Monsoon friendly
  • Year-round
  • Thirsty
  • Terrace star

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