I planted two of these last year to try it out and I loved it. This year, I didn't plant any but it self-planted and grew like weeds in my garden but I LOVE IT. I have so much growing, when I go check my garden every morning I grab a fistful and eat it as I walk around weeding and pruning. I barely water it and it grows. I didn't plant it this year and it grows. I cut it back tremendously and it grows. Seriously an amazing plant that's become a real favorite.
I grew this in my garden. i composted the plants when the season was over. now i get it growing anywhere i use the compost. I know some have problems getting the seeds to grow, but it seems to do fine on its own for me.
I absolutely loved this video! New Zealand Spinach is one of my top three favorite leafy green vegetables (the other two are arugula and watercress). Being a first-time grower and having just harvested some seeds from my spinach plant, I was in need of a good lesson on how to handle them and plant them in the soil for successful germination. Your hint on filing their top was precious to me. Thank you, Mr. Fun Guy!
Awwwww! Love the video and would love your son to be featured more!!!!!! He's so eager and show that kids can help with the garden and learn at the same time
The large "seeds" are actually a hard shell fruit, containing a number of viable seeds. Thanks for your germinating tip. I try to grow it every season up here in NY and really enjoy this mild tasting summer spinach type green. Jamaicans call it Callaloo and it is pretty much a staple in their diet. The health benefits you mentioned are probably the historical reason it came to and stayed in the Carribean area. Thanks again.
I'm having to remember back a couple of years but I believe I simply stuck the seeds in soil and kept watered. I have a wicking bed in my greenhouse that is devoted to new zealand spinach. I have to pick it frequently or it hangs out of the bed and tries to grow up the greenhouse glass. I find it tastes like spinach cooked but not like spinach raw. Last year I pulled most of it out and withing a few weeks had new plants sprouting from seeds that had fallen over the year. This is one plant that can survive the heat of summer in the greenhouse and it grows fast to provide lots of meals for a family. I believe its the best long term vegetable for green house growing. I do water it with water from my aquaponics tank and that's all the nutrients it gets.
Had some old seeds that i forgot. Had expired 6years ago according to the seed package and i just planted all the seeda in my garden bed. Did nothibg to the seeds but watering. Now i have a good portion of the bed filled with new zeeland spinach. Grows fast during summer herein Sweden i cant grow prdinary spinach at this time of year.
I don't know why you are not making much more videos. Love your presentation, love all the information (including the history lesson), love your voice. Please more how to grow videos!!!
I used the same seed starting mix and in less than a week I got germination. And I did not soak them at all. Just took them out of the pack and placed in the starting cell and placed in moist soil.
watched through whole video wanting to see about harvesting "all you wanted to know"--stopped at planting seed. I tossed my seeds into garden this year--first time I planted. They came up fine. Guess i was lucky.
You are hilarious! Excellent demo and you explain like a professional trainer. Your assistant is adorable and very professional too! Thank you so much. I am going to try that. I have terrible time trying to plant celery from seeds and would like to know if you have any type of ideas on what to do about that.
Thanks Marlayne! As for celery, you are right. They are a pain and a bit difficult. they can take 2-3 weeks to sprout and require constantly moist soil kept at between 70-75 degrees and with light...even while not yet sprouting. Any quality seed starting soil mix will work. Best practice is using a heat mat that will keep the temperature within that 70-75 ℉ range, and a dome over the seeding tray until they finally sprout. My success rate by this method...and after painful waiting...has been about 60-70% of the seeds coming to fruition and sprouting. Clearly one of the most difficult veggies to start from seed. I hope you find success and thank you for your comments!
Great video! I look forward to trying your techniques... I've been trying off and on for years to get New Zealand Spinach seeds to sprout reliably. The last time I tried I gave up after several weeks and dumped the seed trays with soil and seeds into my garden, and then by chance noticed some NZS plants coming up in that spot several months later. Eventually they turned into successful plants which have now grown into a little patch of them which stay year-round in my Northern CA garden. During the colder months the leaves shrink to about 1/2" and just stay like that, enduring patiently until spring when they become active again and the leaves get back up to their normal 3-4" size. I like to cook them half-and half, boiled up with dandelion greens... Thanks for the info :)
like beets and malabar spinach, new zealand spinach produces "seed pods" of multiple seeds per pod, which are small and look like a single medium sized seed. It's not, but it is actually a pod of several seeds. take a look at beet seeds and malabar spinach seeds and you will see that they have a similar "horned" asymmetrical design. As far as the mycorrhizal fungi, the type that truly benefits your plants symbiotically has not yet been effectively reproduced commercially, so what you are putting in the ground is not really the type that does the best. Fortunately, the type that does the best grows just about everywhere in grassy fields that are not treated, so if you have any of that area you can just take some of that soil and add it to the garden and it will inoculate the area. The trick is maintaining an environment that the fungi needs to live in by NOT tilling the ground afterwards, because that disturbs and destroys the fungus. Also, it only can live in an area that has living roots in the ground at all times, so you need to practice a rotation of plants that will keep roots in the ground all year round, or put perennials in like trees or bushes within the garden where the fungi can reestablish from in the spring of next year. Make sure to plant within the root zone of the host plant so that the new plants roots surrounding the host can become infected with the fungi as well. lol, your son is a star ready for the big screen. He's a natural
Interesting. I did not do any of this. That is true, the germination was about 30 % for me in 4 days, and the first leaves are look different. They are long and narow.
FYI each seed is a cluster of seeds, like beet seeds - hence the multiple sprouts. If you get multiple sprouts, it's a sign you're germinating them perfectly.
If you this at home you may waste the microrizal fungi, most seed raising mixes (in nz at least) have a fungicide in them to prevent damping off, make sure to check your seed raising mix before using microrizal fungi if you chose to use microrizal fungi
Thanks for this great video, I'm glad I watched before planting my seeds! Just one question - I have never heard of the the granular product you used and can't quite read the label as it's too far from the camera. Can you please type it for me? I am sure it must be available here in Australia in some shape or form.
We bought a house last year, and less than a year later found this growing in our garden. It looked different from the weeds, but we weren't sure what it was. Mom said she knows it as a type of spinach. Tasted a piece and it tastes exactly like it too. I googled it and found out what it is so we just harvested a huge bag of it, and cooked it for the first time tonight. Divine!!! It grows so easily its ridiculous. So we have cleared a patch to grow it all year round. We are in Durban SA
Great video and info thanks! I just had it pop up and take over half my garden, so thought I would educate myself on it, funnily I live in Australia and this is all news to me! 😂
Thank you for the video! I recently managed to germinate a few plants - am growing them indoors in hyrdoponics and wondered whether you might know: 1. if I pinch above a node and leaves, will the plant then branch out and get bushier? 2. Will it branch out on its own? or does it simply keep growing taller after bottom leaves are harvested? I realize you are growing it differently and in a different zone (I'm in 6a), but would love any thoughts you have on it. Thanks!
I got 100% germination using just seed starter mixed with vermiculite. I take your point about it potentially getting out of control and will plant it in a confined area.
Thanks for your comment! This may sound crazy, but I use black plastic Oil Drain Pans from Family Dollar. Good for up to the 10-gallon size root pouches. I drill holes in the side about 1/2" above the bottom so that if it rains, only about a half-inch of water will remain at the bottom to water the root pouch. Works really well. Cheers!
Hi..i live in zone 6b..and I will be planting this for the first time..should I plant it in full sun area?also.. does it go to seed this year?and can i just cook it without blanching the leaves?thank you
Thank you. I just bought Jiffy organic last night to germinate over 200 seeds. I think I am going to like your videos. I subbed and liked your page, good luck
7:05 and 7:57. Wow, is this how NZ spinach seedlings/sprouts look like? Then that means my latest attempt at germinating NZ spinach here in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is finally succeeding. For the last one year, all my attempts to germinate NZ spinach failed, 0% success, 100% failure. Seeds bought online in Malaysia. I've attempted half dozen times last one year. In my last attempt, I tossed the seeds in IBA growth hormone paste, kept them overnight, next day I sowed the seeds. But I saw some seedlings growing in the container, I thought they were volunteer tomato or chili seedlings, I did not think they were NZ spinach seedlings, because they looked so small compared to seeds that were large each. But I am seeing now in your video at 7:05 & 7:57 how the NZ spinach seedlings look like, mine look just like that, so that means my NZ spinach seeds are finally germinating, I am so excited now, but growth is slow. I tried same thing with zucchini seeds, after several attempts and failing, I tossed the seeds in IBA growth hormone paste (I mixed water with the powder hormone), and those zucchini seeds start sprouting like bean sprouts!
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you can "pickle" aka lacto-ferment just about anything. sauerkraut is just "pickled" lactofermented cabbage, a cousin of kimchi, which is basically the same thing. Add some sea salt to layers of the leaf vegetable a couple inches thick and then smash the leaves a little bit to bruise them and then put a lid onto the jar that can burb the carbon dioxide off and your in business. It takes anywhere from 7 days on to get to a point where it's "finished" but you can eat it basically any time after 3 days. The flavors really begin to mature after about a week and most people find the taste more palatable after about 10-14 days.
@@feltingme blanch it first, then steam it (i usually do it over boiling potatoes, can be boiled too) Then fry it in a tablespoon butter for a very short amount of time (and add any pepper or salt) Boiling it is faster, make sure not to overcook
@@feltingme i forgot to add, make sure to water the nz spinach heaps while growing, when they get a little dried they get more bitter, make sure they are watered as much as possible and eaten fresh for best taste
I found it interesting how this veggie was discovered and why it's called by various names. You may differ, but you are welcome to visit another channel if you find this one too taxing.
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I planted two of these last year to try it out and I loved it. This year, I didn't plant any but it self-planted and grew like weeds in my garden but I LOVE IT. I have so much growing, when I go check my garden every morning I grab a fistful and eat it as I walk around weeding and pruning. I barely water it and it grows. I didn't plant it this year and it grows. I cut it back tremendously and it grows. Seriously an amazing plant that's become a real favorite.
Each of your seeds are a sheath containing several seeds hence multiple shoots, I am doing a study of this plant here in Australia.
Very interesting. I'm growing it here in Frankston (VIC)
Im trying to grow it in the state of GA.
I'll soon make my first try with this here in Jerusalem :)
Hoping to be able to grow them in containers
I grew this in my garden. i composted the plants when the season was over. now i get it growing anywhere i use the compost. I know some have problems getting the seeds to grow, but it seems to do fine on its own for me.
I absolutely loved this video! New Zealand Spinach is one of my top three favorite leafy green vegetables (the other two are arugula and watercress). Being a first-time grower and having just harvested some seeds from my spinach plant, I was in need of a good lesson on how to handle them and plant them in the soil for successful germination. Your hint on filing their top was precious to me.
Thank you, Mr. Fun Guy!
Awwwww! Love the video and would love your son to be featured more!!!!!! He's so eager and show that kids can help with the garden and learn at the same time
You are a brilliant man, please continue your work. I found your style extremely immersive and educational.
The large "seeds" are actually a hard shell fruit, containing a number of viable seeds. Thanks for your germinating tip. I try to grow it every season up here in NY and really enjoy this mild tasting summer spinach type green. Jamaicans call it Callaloo and it is pretty much a staple in their diet. The health benefits you mentioned are probably the historical reason it came to and stayed in the Carribean area. Thanks again.
Jamaicans in my area use this as callaloo. West Indian callaloo is actually amaranth. Sorry about the bum scoop, my bad.
leschab I cant speak for Jamaica but in the southern Caribbean (Trinidad & Tobago), what we call callalloo is a soup made from Taro leaves.
I'm having to remember back a couple of years but I believe I simply stuck the seeds in soil and kept watered. I have a wicking bed in my greenhouse that is devoted to new zealand spinach. I have to pick it frequently or it hangs out of the bed and tries to grow up the greenhouse glass. I find it tastes like spinach cooked but not like spinach raw. Last year I pulled most of it out and withing a few weeks had new plants sprouting from seeds that had fallen over the year. This is one plant that can survive the heat of summer in the greenhouse and it grows fast to provide lots of meals for a family. I believe its the best long term vegetable for green house growing. I do water it with water from my aquaponics tank and that's all the nutrients it gets.
Had some old seeds that i forgot. Had expired 6years ago according to the seed package and i just planted all the seeda in my garden bed. Did nothibg to the seeds but watering. Now i have a good portion of the bed filled with new zeeland spinach. Grows fast during summer herein Sweden i cant grow prdinary spinach at this time of year.
Sweet son. He loves to help. Great way to introduce the young generation to gardening.
Thanks! My son beamed when I showed him this!
There are multiple seefs (black) in each hull you planted
I don't know why you are not making much more videos. Love your presentation, love all the information (including the history lesson), love your voice. Please more how to grow videos!!!
I used the same seed starting mix and in less than a week I got germination. And I did not soak them at all. Just took them out of the pack and placed in the starting cell and placed in moist soil.
I have a big bag of these seeds! Great Information!
watched through whole video wanting to see about harvesting "all you wanted to know"--stopped at planting seed. I tossed my seeds into garden this year--first time I planted. They came up fine. Guess i was lucky.
You are hilarious! Excellent demo and you explain like a professional trainer. Your assistant is adorable and very professional too! Thank you so much. I am going to try that. I have terrible time trying to plant celery from seeds and would like to know if you have any type of ideas on what to do about that.
Thanks Marlayne! As for celery, you are right. They are a pain and a bit difficult. they can take 2-3 weeks to sprout and require constantly moist soil kept at between 70-75 degrees and with light...even while not yet sprouting. Any quality seed starting soil mix will work. Best practice is using a heat mat that will keep the temperature within that 70-75 ℉ range, and a dome over the seeding tray until they finally sprout. My success rate by this method...and after painful waiting...has been about 60-70% of the seeds coming to fruition and sprouting. Clearly one of the most difficult veggies to start from seed. I hope you find success and thank you for your comments!
Very informative, thanks for the historical context!
Thanks for the planting guidelines. I have some New Zealand spinach seeds ready to go!
Great video! I look forward to trying your techniques... I've been trying off and on for years to get New Zealand Spinach seeds to sprout reliably. The last time I tried I gave up after several weeks and dumped the seed trays with soil and seeds into my garden, and then by chance noticed some NZS plants coming up in that spot several months later. Eventually they turned into successful plants which have now grown into a little patch of them which stay year-round in my Northern CA garden. During the colder months the leaves shrink to about 1/2" and just stay like that, enduring patiently until spring when they become active again and the leaves get back up to their normal 3-4" size. I like to cook them half-and half, boiled up with dandelion greens... Thanks for the info :)
Thanks and happy eating!
like beets and malabar spinach, new zealand spinach produces "seed pods" of multiple seeds per pod, which are small and look like a single medium sized seed. It's not, but it is actually a pod of several seeds. take a look at beet seeds and malabar spinach seeds and you will see that they have a similar "horned" asymmetrical design.
As far as the mycorrhizal fungi, the type that truly benefits your plants symbiotically has not yet been effectively reproduced commercially, so what you are putting in the ground is not really the type that does the best. Fortunately, the type that does the best grows just about everywhere in grassy fields that are not treated, so if you have any of that area you can just take some of that soil and add it to the garden and it will inoculate the area. The trick is maintaining an environment that the fungi needs to live in by NOT tilling the ground afterwards, because that disturbs and destroys the fungus. Also, it only can live in an area that has living roots in the ground at all times, so you need to practice a rotation of plants that will keep roots in the ground all year round, or put perennials in like trees or bushes within the garden where the fungi can reestablish from in the spring of next year. Make sure to plant within the root zone of the host plant so that the new plants roots surrounding the host can become infected with the fungi as well.
lol, your son is a star ready for the big screen. He's a natural
My son beamed when I showed him this! LOL! Thanks.
Interesting. I did not do any of this. That is true, the germination was about 30 % for me in 4 days, and the first leaves are look different. They are long and narow.
FYI each seed is a cluster of seeds, like beet seeds - hence the multiple sprouts. If you get multiple sprouts, it's a sign you're germinating them perfectly.
Do i have to cut and left only one sprout or let them all grow ?
Correction: there are multiple seeds inside. SOME of the kernels.
My apology
will you be making more videos? this one is great.
Thanks, I tried 2 packets of seed ,no luck. will try your method.
If you this at home you may waste the microrizal fungi, most seed raising mixes (in nz at least) have a fungicide in them to prevent damping off, make sure to check your seed raising mix before using microrizal fungi if you chose to use microrizal fungi
Thanks for this great video, I'm glad I watched before planting my seeds! Just one question - I have never heard of the the granular product you used and can't quite read the label as it's too far from the camera. Can you please type it for me? I am sure it must be available here in Australia in some shape or form.
I got lots of seeds today from Monterey CA.
Ok I’m going to give it a shot here in sub tropical South Africa. You have a beautiful speaking voice. Thanks for the info.
We bought a house last year, and less than a year later found this growing in our garden. It looked different from the weeds, but we weren't sure what it was. Mom said she knows it as a type of spinach. Tasted a piece and it tastes exactly like it too. I googled it and found out what it is so we just harvested a huge bag of it, and cooked it for the first time tonight. Divine!!! It grows so easily its ridiculous. So we have cleared a patch to grow it all year round. We are in Durban SA
Great video and info thanks! I just had it pop up and take over half my garden, so thought I would educate myself on it, funnily I live in Australia and this is all news to me! 😂
Thanks Sam. Yup, the spinach will take over a yard if you let it. Of course you then have a major harvest for the Famer's Market!! LOL! Cheers!
great video, thanks for making and sharing it, regards from the island of Mallorca, Spain
Thank you for the video! I recently managed to germinate a few plants - am growing them indoors in hyrdoponics and wondered whether you might know: 1. if I pinch above a node and leaves, will the plant then branch out and get bushier? 2. Will it branch out on its own? or does it simply keep growing taller after bottom leaves are harvested? I realize you are growing it differently and in a different zone (I'm in 6a), but would love any thoughts you have on it. Thanks!
What are the pods that grow on the plant?
Can it grow in full strength salt water?
Great instructional video - thank you! Can it grow in pots?
Awesome work!! Great clip :D
Thanks for the vote of confidence. We'll be working hard to come up with helpful and USEFUL videos. Cheers!
I got 100% germination using just seed starter mixed with vermiculite. I take your point about it potentially getting out of control and will plant it in a confined area.
Lots of Warrigal greens at the backyard of mine are they edible
I have root pouch containers but they dry out quickly! What size/brand of plant tray do you use for the veggies?
Thanks for your comment! This may sound crazy, but I use black plastic Oil Drain Pans from Family Dollar. Good for up to the 10-gallon size root pouches. I drill holes in the side about 1/2" above the bottom so that if it rains, only about a half-inch of water will remain at the bottom to water the root pouch. Works really well. Cheers!
@@ElfChef Great idea! Thanks. 😀
ok, obviously i have missed the file trick. i did the soaking; non of the seeds germinated. but soon i ll get them all germinated :D
Thank you sooo much on how grow from seed it wrks!!!!
3:33 you just said it'll kill you if you eat it raw? I'm out, i wanted a spinich substitute that would grow in tropical Florida
Hi..i live in zone 6b..and I will be planting this for the first time..should I plant it in full sun area?also.. does it go to seed this year?and can i just cook it without blanching the leaves?thank you
May I ask where you purchased your seeds/brand? I have two seeds a friend have me but they are VERY hard to germinate.
Hi, I ordered my seeds of New Zeeland Spinach from a company called San Diego Seed Company.
There’s also available on Amazon.
Thank you. I just bought Jiffy organic last night to germinate over 200 seeds. I think I am going to like your videos. I subbed and liked your page,
good luck
Good info, thanks
thank you for sharing!!
7:05 and 7:57. Wow, is this how NZ spinach seedlings/sprouts look like?
Then that means my latest attempt at germinating NZ spinach here in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is finally succeeding. For the last one year, all my attempts to germinate NZ spinach failed, 0% success, 100% failure. Seeds bought online in Malaysia. I've attempted half dozen times last one year.
In my last attempt, I tossed the seeds in IBA growth hormone paste, kept them overnight, next day I sowed the seeds. But I saw some seedlings growing in the container, I thought they were volunteer tomato or chili seedlings, I did not think they were NZ spinach seedlings, because they looked so small compared to seeds that were large each.
But I am seeing now in your video at 7:05 & 7:57 how the NZ spinach seedlings look like, mine look just like that, so that means my NZ spinach seeds are finally germinating, I am so excited now, but growth is slow.
I tried same thing with zucchini seeds, after several attempts and failing, I tossed the seeds in IBA growth hormone paste (I mixed water with the powder hormone), and those zucchini seeds start sprouting like bean sprouts!
Congratulations on your success finally! Happy to hear it! Bon Appetit!
@@ElfChef Tqvm
HOW TO GET THE SEED? WHERE AND AT WISH PRICE ? THANKS FOR THE VIDEO.
Here's a couple of links for seeds
amzn.to/2pIfDzf
amzn.to/2yjd0rR
Thank you for this! I found this in my yard today when going out to weed. Now I want to keep it! I’ll have to figure out how to plant around it.
Can I use the Root Naturally Endo Mycorrhizae on anything else? Peppers, potatoes?
Yes you can. Any plant with roots! It really helps the plant develop STRONG roots! Thanks for watching!
Importante subtítulos en español.
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Wait you can pickle spinach? 😱❤❤
you can "pickle" aka lacto-ferment just about anything. sauerkraut is just "pickled" lactofermented cabbage, a cousin of kimchi, which is basically the same thing. Add some sea salt to layers of the leaf vegetable a couple inches thick and then smash the leaves a little bit to bruise them and then put a lid onto the jar that can burb the carbon dioxide off and your in business. It takes anywhere from 7 days on to get to a point where it's "finished" but you can eat it basically any time after 3 days. The flavors really begin to mature after about a week and most people find the taste more palatable after about 10-14 days.
Thanks for history on this. One of my favourite veges other than zucchini and choko. From NZ
How do you cook it? We tried sauteeing in a pan with some broth, salt, and garlic, and not impressed...
@@feltingme blanch it first, then steam it (i usually do it over boiling potatoes, can be boiled too)
Then fry it in a tablespoon butter for a very short amount of time (and add any pepper or salt)
Boiling it is faster, make sure not to overcook
@@feltingme i forgot to add, make sure to water the nz spinach heaps while growing, when they get a little dried they get more bitter, make sure they are watered as much as possible and eaten fresh for best taste
Hope it would do good for mh wife
Did those leggy seedlings survive?
Yes they did, and growing like weeds! Yummy!
Its a perma culture plant,
Is this a History lesson or a garden website?
I found it interesting how this veggie was discovered and why it's called by various names. You may differ, but you are welcome to visit another channel if you find this one too taxing.
@@ElfChef She got triggered by the PMS comment LMAO.
Aloha cuz wow I really adore yer hale ( house in hawaiian)made of sand (glass) smile, mahalo for da kine info, kinda pigeon english cuz aloha from 96782 way up mountain pass pacific palisades elementary school an da store smile aloha
Shaka Bra'. I graduated from Kalani High School. Kinda local boy but lived all over the world. Kaimuki Intermdiate before Kalani and live in Wailea Kahala near Kahal Elementary school on Pueo St!
Later, I was assigned to Tripler Army Medicat Center in the Army. Mahalo!
@@ElfChef I also went kaimuki intermediate 1964 7 grade, 1965 grade, 1966 9 grade, den went kaimuki high school grad 1969 June 7 go bulldogs, den june 11 1969 inlisted in the military usaf went to italy 2 years den volunteer for vietnam go fight vc, aloha kalani falcon