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Marog is a fast-growing annual leafy vegetable with small green leaves and a mild spinach-like use.
Ready to grow marog for your kitchen garden? Follow our Marog Grow Guide for sowing, spacing, watering and tender-leaf harvesting.
Quick Grow Facts
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Plant Type: Annual
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Scientific Name: Amaranthus spp
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General Sowing Time: Warm, frost-free weather after the soil has warmed
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Position: Sun
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Sow Depth: About 3–5 mm in a fine, moist seedbed
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Spacing: About 20–25 cm for repeated leaf picking
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Germination: Often about a week near 21–24°C; cooler soil and uneven moisture delay emergence
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Germination Temperature: Aim for about 21–24°C
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Harvest: Pick tender leaves once plants have enough healthy growth to spare; timing varies with conditions and harvest method
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Seed Quantity - 5g raw seed: Approx 7 500 seeds
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Seed Quantity - 20g raw seed: Approx 30 000 seeds
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Seed Quantity - 100g raw seed: Approx 150 000 seeds
Why Grow This Variety
- Tender leaves can replace spinach in a range of dishes.
- Pick while leaves are tender, without stripping the plants bare.
- The warm-weather crop is listed for a sunny position.
- Plants can provide repeated leaf harvests when outer leaves are picked first.
Garden Uses
Use Marog leaves in salads, stir-fries, soups, stews or curries as a spinach alternative.
Growing Notes
- Sow in warm, frost-free weather; protect young plants from cold.
- Choose a sunny, fertile, free-draining bed.
- Cover seed about 3–5 mm deep, keep the surface moist and thin to about 20–25 cm for repeated leaf picking.
- Aim for a seedbed near 21–24°C; emergence often takes about a week under favourable conditions.
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