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Basella alba
Growing calendar
Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.
Guides
- How to Germinate Malabar Spinach Seed: Soaking, Scarifying and Soil Temperature
- Malabar Spinach Care: Trellising, Watering and Feeding a Climbing Summer Green
- Malabar Spinach Growing Schedule: What to Do From Sowing to First Frost
- Malabar Spinach Problems: Leaf Spot, Nematodes, Slugs and Cold Damage
- Harvesting Malabar Spinach: When to Pick, How to Cut and the Mucilage Question
Common problems
Start from what you can see on the plant.
Pests and diseases (8)
Problems recorded for this plant, most serious first.
Late Blight
Disease
Dark green water-soaked lesions appear on the leaves and expand quickly into brown dead tissue. White mold forms on the underside and at the lesion edge, and dark brown lesions spread to stems and fruit.
Sclerotinia Rot
Disease
The crown, stem or head rots in a water-soaked way and is covered in white cottony mycelium. Black sclerotia later form inside and on the surface, and the plant wilts and dies.
Bacterial Soft Rot
Disease
The crown or the head becomes water-soaked and soft, then collapses into a slimy mush. The rotting tissue gives off a distinctive foul odor.
Gray Mold
Disease
Water-soaked brown lesions form on flowers, fruit and leaves, densely covered by a fuzzy gray mold. Fruit rots and drops, and decay continues in storage after harvest.
Verticillium Wilt
Disease
Only one side of the lower leaves yellows and wilts, and the symptom moves up the plant. Stem vascular tissue turns pale brown and the plant dies without ever growing well.
