Ceylon Spinach (Basella alba)
January 25, 2012 // 1 CommentYou don’t need a green thumb to grow tropical spinach, it is the easiest vegetable to grow. Ceylon spinach will grow either from a piece or from the dark purple fruit. It thrives in a variety of moist or wet conditions and will grow all year round. I have it growing in a bath trough in soil covered with bagasse cane mulch in full sun. It is also growing in a water soaked gravel ...
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Bundaberg Field Days March 2007
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Mackay branch Information
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Its a Miracle
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Passion for farming bears luscious fruit
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First Flowering and Fruiting of the White Pitaya
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Adel's Grove - botanical oasis in the outback
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Great story from a Mackay Branch member
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