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Corchorus olitorius
Growing calendar
Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.
Guides
- Growing Molokhia From Seed: Soil Temperature, Sowing Depth and Thinning
- Molokhia Care: Watering, Feeding and Keeping the Leaves Tender in Peak Heat
- Pinching Molokhia: Topping for Side Shoots and Removing Flowers Before Pods Form
- Molokhia Growing Schedule: From Warm Soil to the First Frost
- Molokhia Problems: Flea Beetles, Spider Mites, Nematodes and Cold Damage
- Harvesting Molokhia: Which Parts Are Edible and How to Cut for Regrowth
Common problems
Start from what you can see on the plant.
Pests and diseases (11)
Problems recorded for this plant, most serious first.
Powdery Mildew
Disease
White patches appear scattered on the upper leaf surface at first, then the whole leaf is coated in a white powder. Leaves later yellow, brown and die back, and reduced photosynthesis cuts growth and yield.
Black Spot
Disease
On roses, dark brown lesions with radiating edges form on the leaves, which yellow around them and drop. On pear, sooty black lesions appear on leaves, fruit and the calyx of young fruit, deforming the fruit.
Anthracnose
Disease
Light brown to dark brown round lesions with sharp margins form on leaves and fruit, slightly sunken in the center. In wet weather salmon-pink slimy spore masses ooze out on the lesions.
Damping-off
Disease
The stem pinches in at soil level, turning water-soaked to brown and thin, and the seedling topples over. Infection before emergence makes the stand uneven with missing plants.
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.
