First Chinese Spinach Harvest

My chinese spinach (Amaranthus Tricolor) is ready to be harvested. I uprooted a total of about four plants from the container bed. They look very good, fresh and appetizing for my lunch :) cheers!


organically-grown chinese spinach

fresh from the container bed

only the young leaves, the rest goes to the compost bin

It taste yummy...hmm only serves for 1 person though.

Chinese Spinach

Remember about the lonely carrot that I planted in the big container? Well, they have companions now. I planted a shallot(to deter carrot flies) and some chinese spinach. I am not sure about its scientific name, but I believe chinese spinach are from the amaranthus family.

They have been growing there for almost 3 weeks now and they grow rather fast. I am not so sure when to harvest them as this is the first time I am growing it. If you happen to grow chinese spinach please do let me know when to harvest them :D

Carrot, shallot and chinese spinach...

close-up pic of chinese spinach.