{"id":7578,"date":"2016-10-05T16:06:34","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T14:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=7578"},"modified":"2016-10-05T16:06:34","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T14:06:34","slug":"malabar-spinach-in-my-bedroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=7578","title":{"rendered":"Malabar spinach in my bedroom&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7580\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7580\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/P1660724.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7580 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/P1660724-300x152.jpg\" alt=\"P1660724\" width=\"300\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/P1660724-300x152.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/P1660724.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Green and red stems of the two varieties intertwined next to my bed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7581\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7581\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/P1660727.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7581 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/P1660727-300x165.jpg\" alt=\"P1660727\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/P1660727-300x165.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/P1660727.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flowers and swelling seeds\/fruit&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7582\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7582\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/P1660729.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7582 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/P1660729-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"P1660729\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/P1660729-300x195.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/P1660729.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From outside, the Basella is growing behind two different varieties of tiger nuts (Cyperus esculentus)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7579\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7579\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/P1660719.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7579 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/P1660719-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"P1660719\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/P1660719-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/P1660719-300x400.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/P1660719.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7579\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Green and red stems of the two varieties intertwined next to my bed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7583\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7583\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_2252.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7583 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_2252-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2252\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_2252-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_2252.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7583\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All three of the Basellaceae for Xmas dinner 2007 &#8211; Madeira vine, ullucos and potatoes with Malabar spinach on the right!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I have Malabar spinach (also known as Ceylon spinach or just <em>Basella<\/em>), a vigorous climbing spinach which isn&#8217;t hardy outside here, but grows very well and sets seed every years in an unheated bedroom, this year in my bedroom&#8230;should I be worried it might strangle me in its sleep?<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s in the <em>Basellaceae<\/em> alongside Madeira Vine (<em>Anredera cordifolia<\/em>) and Ulluco (<em>Ullucus tuberosus<\/em>), both of which have both edible tubers and leaves&#8230; I actually included all 3 of these in Xmas dinner one year (picture below) :)<br \/>\nMalabar spinach can be harvested here &#8211; I usually take a few leaves and mix with other greens &#8211; from August right into the depths of winter, a great winter leafy green house plant! \u00a0This year I have both green (<em>Basella alba<\/em>) and red-stemmed (<em>Basella alba &#8220;Rubra&#8221;<\/em>) varieties growing alongside each other&#8230;<br \/>\nI presume that Malabar is the area of southern India where it&#8217;s a popular vegetable and I look forward to making Malabar bhaji next time I make an Indian meal!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have Malabar spinach (also known as Ceylon spinach or just Basella), a vigorous climbing spinach which isn&#8217;t hardy outside here, but grows very well and sets seed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[764,1727,455,763,1728,251,707],"class_list":["post-7578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climbers","tag-anredera-cordifolia","tag-basella-alba","tag-ceylon-spinach","tag-madeira-vine","tag-malabar-spinach","tag-ulluco","tag-ullucus-tuberosus"],"views":4678,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7584,"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7578\/revisions\/7584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}