MB>SP> pouring boiling (!) water over them and letting sit for 24 hours
MB>SP> before sowing. And you have to give them a fair amount of room. They
MB>SP> just keep growing till frost. And you clip only the tender ends of
MB>SP> the stems.
MB>I think I've heard you're supposed to soak the seeds overnight
MB>first, maybe that'll be enough to get it started.  Malabar
MB>spinach also has to be soaked first to encourage it to germinate.
MB>I assume it gets fairly large and I need to plant them a couple
MB>of feet apart then?
  I've always been too chicken to pour boiling water on; so the 24+ hr
  soak is the way I go. Even so, it can take a month to sprout. Maybe
  next time, I will try the boiling water. :-)
  AAMOF,  I have forgotten what the spacing for N.Z. spinach is, but it
  cannot be planted in close rows, as it's only the growing tips that
  are harvested. By frost, the many-clipped plant has branched and
  covers quite an area.
                     ...Sandra...
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