People talk about exotic or baby spinach, how is it different from normal palak and is it worth it?
What is exotic spinach and is it worth growing over local palak?
RRohan Gupta7 महीने पहले · 248 व्यू
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🌾Farmer.in Krishi Teamविशेषज्ञ ✓7 महीने पहले
Exotic spinach usually means true spinach grown for tender baby leaf for salads, as distinct from the common Indian palak. It is harvested young and sold into a city, salad and health-food channel: supermarkets, cafes, salad outlets and quick commerce, so it carries a premium over bunched palak but has a much smaller market. For a small farmer near a city it is worth a modest area against a confirmed buyer or aggregator, especially as part of a salad-leaf basket with rocket and lettuce. It is not a mandi replacement for palak. Confirm local buyers and the premium before planting, and verify a suitable variety with your KVK.
AAditya Verma6 महीने पहले
Baby spinach for salads sells better per kg than my regular palak, but only to the cafe and retail buyers. The general market still just wants normal bunched palak.
NNeha Joshi6 महीने पहले
I grow baby spinach alongside rocket for the same salad buyers, it makes a neat combined basket. On its own the demand would be too small to bother.