I started Malabar Spinach from seeds in a sprouting jar last winter, almost giving up on them, as most seeds sprout in a day or two if not overnight and these took three weeks. But when the roots were long enough to put in grow holes in an AeroGarden planter, they took off. After the first flowers turned into dark berries and the leaves started dying back, I resolved to pick all the new flowers off my other plants to encourage leaf growth.
However, the diminutive flowers on this vine were so cute, I let them grow insteadhttp://www.drann.us/.a/6a00e54fbf343b883301bb09351440970d-pi.
The jute and rag thread basket, by the way, was my first attempt to weave over a cardboard template, I plan to make a whole bunch more of these for my water babies, perhaps making the templates from flexible cutting mats. What is exciting about these containers is they are easy to make in custom shapes and sizes, inexpensive, and "green"