Is strawberry spinach/blite suitable for container growing?

Question

Hard to find much information about it, but since I came across it on the internet I would like to give it a try. Seems interesting. It's not very common so I can't find growing tips - particularly if it would do fine in a container which is what I would like.
Anybody have experience with it?
The following link is the plant in question.

http://www.wildgardenseed.com/index.php?cPath=54

Answer 1

Though I have no experience with this particular spinach, I found mention of it online. Early mention of it, in fact...read this:
"Chenopodium capitatum Aschers. (more) Blite. Strawberry Blite.

Northern and southern regions. Gerarde says: "it is one of the potherbes ... whose substance is waterish." The fruit, though insipid, is said formerly to have been employed in cookery. The leaves have a spinach-like flavor and may be used as a substitute for it. Unger says even the blite or strawberry spinach finds consumers for its insipid, strawberry-like fruit. The plant is found indigenous and common from Western New York to Lake Superior and northward. Blitum capitatum, if Linnaeus's synonymy can be trusted, was known to Bauhin, 1623, and by Ray, 1686. Miller's Gardener's Dictionary refers it to J. Bauhin who received the plant in 1651. The species was, during this time, little known outside of botanical gardens."

As for your question of whether it can be container gardened, yes. I would certainly believe so. Just remember that anything in a container will want fertilizer more frequently, and be sure to start with a good mix of potting soil and compost. And don't forget to water more frequently than you would in a garden.

Happy Gardening!