How to grow Molokhia plant growing and care:
Moist soil
What is the best way to start growing?
Plant / Seedling / Seed
Is it necessary to graft or use vegetative reproduction?
No
Difficulties or problems when growing:
Invasive, aggressive
Planting season:
Spring / Winter (in desert)
Pests and diseases:
Mites
Pruning season:
All season
How to prune:
Just for consuming and desgin
Size of the plant?
1-3 m, 3-10 feet
Growth speed in optimal condition:
Fast growing
Water requirement:
Average amount of water
Light conditions in optimal condition for growing:
Full Sun
Is it possible to grow indoor as houseplant?
No
Growing is also possible in a planter /flowerpot / containers:
Yes
Blooming information
Bloom season:
Autumn
General information about the flower
Yellow flowers small and with five petals and five sepals
Edible leaves
Leaves harvesting season
Spring / Summer / Autumn
How to harvest the leaves?
After the plant established can trim freely fully grown young leaves for eaten raw and mature for cooked
Information about leaves:
Green elliptic shape with pointed top and serrated margin
Uses of Molokhia plant leaves:
Soup, cooked, eaten raw
Scientific name:
Corchorus
Categories of growing
Planting Season: Spring Planting, Winter planting
Light exposure requirements: Full sun Plants
Climates that the plant can grow: Desert Climate, Mediterranean Climate, Subtropics Climate, Temperate Climate, Tropics Climate
Growing speed of the plant: Fast growing plants
Plant life-form: Annual plant, Herbaceous
Plant Uses: Edible plants, Medical uses, Ornamental plants
Requirements for watering the plant: Regularly water
Hardiness zones: Hardiness zone 10, Hardiness zone 11, Hardiness zone 12, Hardiness zone 13, Hardiness zone 5, Hardiness zone 6, Hardiness zone 7, Hardiness zone 8, Hardiness zone 9
Ornamental parts: Ornamental plant
Leaf color:
Blooming season: Autumn flowers
Flower colors: Yellow flower
Harvest Season: Autumn Harvest, Spring Harvest, Summer Harvest
Edible Parts: Edible leaves
Culinary uses: Cooked, Eaten raw
