Guide

Grow leafy greens for repeat cutting

Gotukola, mukunuwenna, kangkung, and spinach, with the stored kangkung repeat-cut interval.

Stored figures stay next to their citation. Wholesale and retail vegetable prices fluctuate with weather and supply. A high or low month is harvest-timing guidance, not financial advice, and this page does not quote a price.

Repeat cutting is listed only where a stored note says to cut again. Kangkung has that farmer field interval. Gotukola, mukunuwenna, and spinach are not given an invented cut interval.

Gotukola

  • Days on the crop record: 100 days.
  • In-row spacing: not stored.
  • Between-row spacing: not stored.
Official source

Unverified — based on HORDI Crop - Gotukola, Department of Agriculture Sri Lanka, accessed 2026-10-20: https://doa.gov.lk/hordi-crop-gotukola/; confirm for your microclimate.

Gotukola crop page

Mukunuwenna

  • Days on the crop record: 28 days.
  • In-row spacing: 10 cm.
  • Between-row spacing: 20 cm.
Official source

Unverified — based on HORDI Crop - Mukunuwenna, Department of Agriculture Sri Lanka, accessed 2026-10-20: https://doa.gov.lk/hordi-crop-mukunuwenna/; confirm for your microclimate.

Mukunuwenna crop page

Kang kung

  • Days on the crop record: 20–30 days.
  • In-row spacing: 30 cm.
  • Between-row spacing: 30 cm.
Official source

Unverified — based on HORDI Crop - Kang Kung, Department of Agriculture Sri Lanka, accessed 2026-10-20: https://doa.gov.lk/hordi-crop-kang-kung/; confirm for your microclimate.

Kang kung crop pageWhen to plant in Colombo

Spinach

  • Days on the crop record: not stored.
  • In-row spacing: not stored.
  • Between-row spacing: not stored.
Official source

Unverified — based on HORDI Crop - Niwithi, Department of Agriculture Sri Lanka, accessed 2026-10-20: https://doa.gov.lk/hordi-crop-niwithi/; confirm for your microclimate.

No crop page is published for Spinach.

Repeat cut and trays

From farmer field experience

Based on hands-on growing experience from Sri Lankan farmers. Not yet verified against official sources.

  • Kang kung · Repeat harvest interval: 20–25 days

    Cut again every 20–25 days. The HORDI page states about 20 days in low land and about 30 days in upland for the first harvest, which is already stored.

    Farmer field notenoted Oct 2026

    Unverified — based on Farmer field experience, noted 2026-10-23; confirm for your microclimate.

  • Gotukola · Container volume: 5–10 L

    A tray about 35 cm wide and 15 cm deep holds 8–10 cuttings.

    Farmer field notenoted Oct 2026

    Unverified — based on Farmer field experience, noted 2026-10-23; confirm for your microclimate.

  • Gotukola · Container diameter or width: 35 cm

    Tray width about 35 cm. This is a width, not a round pot diameter.

    Farmer field notenoted Oct 2026

    Unverified — based on Farmer field experience, noted 2026-10-23; confirm for your microclimate.

  • Gotukola · Container depth: 15 cm

    Tray depth about 15 cm.

    Farmer field notenoted Oct 2026

    Unverified — based on Farmer field experience, noted 2026-10-23; confirm for your microclimate.

  • Gotukola · Plants in that container: 8–10

    Cuttings in that tray.

    Farmer field notenoted Oct 2026

    Unverified — based on Farmer field experience, noted 2026-10-23; confirm for your microclimate.

  • Mukunuwenna · Container volume: 5–10 L

    A tray about 35 cm wide and 15 cm deep holds 8–10 cuttings.

    Farmer field notenoted Oct 2026

    Unverified — based on Farmer field experience, noted 2026-10-23; confirm for your microclimate.

  • Mukunuwenna · Container diameter or width: 35 cm

    Tray width about 35 cm. This is a width, not a round pot diameter.

    Farmer field notenoted Oct 2026

    Unverified — based on Farmer field experience, noted 2026-10-23; confirm for your microclimate.

  • Mukunuwenna · Container depth: 15 cm

    Tray depth about 15 cm.

    Farmer field notenoted Oct 2026

    Unverified — based on Farmer field experience, noted 2026-10-23; confirm for your microclimate.

  • Mukunuwenna · Plants in that container: 8–10

    Cuttings in that tray.

    Farmer field notenoted Oct 2026

    Unverified — based on Farmer field experience, noted 2026-10-23; confirm for your microclimate.

  • Kang kung · Container volume: 10 L

    Five or six cuttings in about 10 L.

    Farmer field notenoted Oct 2026

    Unverified — based on Farmer field experience, noted 2026-10-23; confirm for your microclimate.

  • Kang kung · Container diameter or width: 30 cm

    Pot diameter about 30 cm.

    Farmer field notenoted Oct 2026

    Unverified — based on Farmer field experience, noted 2026-10-23; confirm for your microclimate.

  • Kang kung · Container depth: 20 cm

    Pot depth about 20 cm.

    Farmer field notenoted Oct 2026

    Unverified — based on Farmer field experience, noted 2026-10-23; confirm for your microclimate.

  • Kang kung · Plants in that container: 5–6

    Cuttings in that pot.

    Farmer field notenoted Oct 2026

    Unverified — based on Farmer field experience, noted 2026-10-23; confirm for your microclimate.

The kangkung note is the cut-again interval. The tray notes are container sizes, not a second harvest calendar. Open the container planner for a crop that has a stored minimum.

Planting windows that are actually stored

Official planting windows

  • Kang kung · Low Country Wet Zone

    No month pair is stored. · year_round · either

    HORDI: any time of year in low-lying areas where water is available. Highlands are better started in the rainy season. The page excludes up-country areas. Planting material is stem cuttings or seed. First harvest about 20 days in low land and about 30 days in upland.

    Official source

    Unverified — based on HORDI Crop - Kang Kung, Department of Agriculture Sri Lanka, accessed 2026-10-20: https://doa.gov.lk/hordi-crop-kang-kung/; confirm for your microclimate.

No farmer field planting window is stored for this section.

Mukunuwenna and kangkung have official spacing, so a bed count belongs in the seed calculator. Gotukola and spinach do not have official spacing on the crop record.

Updated 2026-10-24.

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