CorseMachin | What Is Chinsaga - Chinsaga Vegetable Uses And Growing Tips

Chinsaga Vegetable Uses The Birifor people cook the leaves in sauce or soup after washing and chopping them. The Mossi people cook the leaves in couscous. In Nigeria, the Hausa eat both the leaves and seedlings. In India, the leaves and young shoots are eaten as fresh greens.

What is Chinsaga in English?
How do spider flowers grow?
How do spider plants grow in Kenya?
How do you plant spider plant seeds?
How do you cook Chinsaga?
Is Spider plant edible?
Are spider flowers poisonous?
Does Cleome like sun or shade?
How do you keep Cleomes blooming?
What are the benefits of a spider plant?
Where can I buy spider plant seeds?
What nutrients do spider plants need?

What is Chinsaga in English?

Cleome gynandra is a species of Cleome that is used as a green vegetable. It is known by many common names including Shona cabbage, African cabbage, spiderwisp, cat's whiskers, chinsaga and stinkweed.

How do spider flowers grow?

Spider flower grows best in full sun in moist, well-drained soil. Although it tolerates dry conditions, watering will promote better growth and flowering but overwatering and overfertilizing causes leggy growth. Staking is usually not necessary, except in windy locations.

How do spider plants grow in Kenya?

In Kenya, it grows from sea level to 2400 metres (Savala et al, 2013). The crop grows well during the warm season under irrigation. Spider plant is sensitive to cold and does not grow well when temperatures drop below 15 degC. It thrives on sandy loam soils but does not perform well on wet, marshy and heavy clay soils.

How do you plant spider plant seeds?

When growing a spider plant from seed, you should plant the seeds right away, as they don't store well. Sow the seeds about ½ inch (1.25 cm.) deep in good potting mix and keep them warm and moist. Spider plant seed germination usually takes a couple of weeks, so be patient.

How do you cook Chinsaga?

Cooking Saget

To enjoy saget, pick the young tender leaves/ shoots and put them in a cooking pot with water. Boil in charcoal fire for about 1 hour. After this, fry the vegetables with cooking oil, onions, tomatoes, green paper and add salt to taste. It can be consumed with Ugali/polenta or rice alongside a meat stew.

Is Spider plant edible?

One of the easiest indoor plants to maintain, the Spider Plant produces oxygen whilst purifying the air in your home and office by absorbing carbon monoxide, formaldehyde and xylene. Additionally, Spider Plants are non-toxic and are in fact edible, making them safe for pets and young children.

Are spider flowers poisonous?

Spider plants contain chemical compounds that are said to be related to opium. While considered non toxic, these compounds can still result in an upset stomach, vomiting, and diarrhea.

Does Cleome like sun or shade?

Growing cleomes is most easily done by planting seeds in the chosen location. Most any location is appropriate as cleomes will grow and produce the cleome “spider” flower in full sun to part shade locations and do not need any particular type of soil, other than well draining.

How do you keep Cleomes blooming?

Prune, or deadhead, wilting flowers from the plants as the petals begin to droop and whither. Cut back the flower stem beneath the flower head. Remove the entire flower, including the swollen portion at the base, to prevent seed formation and encourage further flowering.

What are the benefits of a spider plant?

Where can I buy spider plant seeds?

Where to Buy Spider Plants? Seeds, Cuttings & More…

You can buy spider plants (plantlets and cuttings) online through eBay. Choose from variegated, reverse, curly and green. ...
You can buy a variety of chlorophytum (spider plant) seeds online via Alibaba. For example, you can get green and white leaves, solid green, curly spider plants and rare purple chlorophytum.

What nutrients do spider plants need?

Fertilizer for spider plants should be applied sparingly, as over-fertilization will result in brown leaf tips just as chemically laden water. There is no specific spider plant fertilizer. Any all-purpose, complete, water soluble or granular time-release fertilizer suitable for houseplants is acceptable.