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Suze · March 23, 2010

I'm growing Magenta Spreen. I got a plant from Bob, who attended our tomato tasting last year and brought several of these plants in gallon pots to share. I got around to planting it about mid-July, and it got close to 6' tall before frost.

I let it bloom and go to seed towards the end of the year, but never collected the seed. No problem - it resowed itself just fine, and I now have all these babies coming up.

We've used it in salads a couple of times. It's also good steamed.

Pretty plant, easy care, moderate water needs.

March 23, 2010	#2
Suze Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 3,027	I'm growing Magenta Spreen. I got a plant from Bob, who attended our tomato tasting last year and brought several of these plants in gallon pots to share. I got around to planting it about mid-July, and it got close to 6' tall before frost. I let it bloom and go to seed towards the end of the year, but never collected the seed. No problem - it resowed itself just fine, and I now have all these babies coming up. We've used it in salads a couple of times. It's also good steamed. Pretty plant, easy care, moderate water needs.