Re: Orach
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] Orach
- From: m* l*
- Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 08:55:00 -0600
At 10:48 AM 8/2/99 EDT, you wrote:
>In a message dated 8/2/99 10:21:46 AM, mlaute@MICRON.NET writes:
>
>>green and red orach.
>forgive my ignorance but, what is this?
>
It's an old timey vegetable plant. It's also called Mountain Spinach and
other things. To say it self-seeds freely is an understatement. The red
orach grows to about 3 and a half feet here in sw Idaho, the green grows to
over 6 feet tall. The red is very attractive, would even look good in a
flower garden. Some use the leaves fresh to dress up salads, etc. I'm not
growing it right now because we have a leaf miner problem that is
diminishing, thanks to tiny beneficial wasps.I'll grow it again, preferably
undisturbed by leaf miners. Margaret L
