Strawberry raspberry - a mysterious plant

Over the past few years, gardeners have enjoyed growing a rather unusual plant, strawberry spinach, or spinach-raspberry, or as it is also called strawberry raspberry. Arouses curiosity and attracts a somewhat mysterious appearance. And you can hear quite conflicting opinions about the purpose of the plant. Some amateur gardeners willingly grow it in flower beds as an ornamental plant, while others are of the opinion that strawberry raspberries are a green vegetable crop. And it has been grown for a long time, the name was multileaf pigweed or many-faced pigweed. There is also an opinion that the modern plant is a hybrid of spinach and raspberries or strawberries, created by foreign breeders.

In the wild, strawberry spinach or strawberry raspberry is found in southern Europe, the Mediterranean coast of Asia and North Africa. The plant is distinguished by its bright edible leaves and bright attractive berries, reminiscent of both raspberries and strawberries. True, neither the taste nor the smell of the berries is similar to the raspberry or strawberry we are used to.

Strawberry spinach is an annual plant and belongs to vegetable crops. Belongs to the quinoa family and at the first stage of its development is very similar to a quinoa. The unpretentiousness of the plant and its resistance to low temperatures are surprising. The normal development of the plant does not require high-quality soil; it does not tolerate severe drought and heat.

Gardeners growing strawberry raspberries usually cultivate the Strawberry Sticks variety; there are no domestic varieties available yet. The plant can be classified as an early ripening crop; strawberry raspberries are practically not susceptible to disease and are not afraid of insect pests. You can start sowing seeds in the ground as soon as the snow melts; it is also recommended to plant seedlings to obtain an earlier harvest. You can successfully grow the plant in a room on a windowsill or on a balcony.