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[Michael Snow <msnow@mountainschool.org>]

Hello -

What's "sweet potato spinach"?

Mike

On Oct 26, 2006, at 9:19 AM, rrandall1 wrote:

> I have found here in Houston that the tree grows well surviving mild
> winters and coming back from the root after frozen.  The leaves are
> quite tasty but tiny and they must be separated from the tiny stems
> that attach them to the branch. Hence a lot of work for the effort.
> Many other greens like sweet  potato spinach are  much more rewarding
> for the labor.
>
> Bob Randall
> On Oct 25, 2006, at 5:43 PM, Charles de Matas wrote:
>
> > I started planting Moringa this year.  It grows quite easily from
> > seeds
> > which take about 2 weeks to germinate.  I'm in the tropics so I
> > have no
> > problems with temperature.  My trees are about 3 feet tall now, and
> > I'm
> > starting to use some of the leaves.  Sometimes when I'm near the
> > trees I
> > will pick off a few very young leaflets and nibble on them. I try
> > to forage
> > whenever I can.  A few times I've gone into food-gathering mode,
> > and cut off
> > a few leaves and brought them home to cook them like spinach.
> > Quite tasty
> > when cooked actually, but I haven't tried eating it in any large
> > quantity,
> > simply because my trees are still small.  It is supposed to be quite
> > nutritious, but is hardly used for its leaves in Trinidad.  Some
> > people cook
> > the young pods, but even that use is declining, as I rarely see the
> > pods
> > being sold in the market anymore.
> >    I understand that the trees can be propagated from cuttings, so
> > I will
> > let my trees grow tall and cut the trunk to get cuttings.  I
> > definitely want
> > to try eating more of it as my production increases.
> >
> > Charles
> > T&T
> >
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