Spinacia oleracea
Spinach
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Description
Spinach is a fast, cool-tolerant leaf supplier for spring and autumn. Sown in early spring and from August it delivers tender leaves for salad and pan; as an autumn sowing it even overwinters and flushes early in March.
Care instructions
Sow in rows from March and again from August, because in summer heat and long days spinach bolts immediately. Keep the soil evenly moist and give some compost; spinach repays nitrogen with strong leaves. Harvest young by picking the outer leaves or cutting the whole rosette just above the ground.
Soil & site
Soil pH
Soil type
humus-rich, loamy, well-drained, moist, nutrient-rich
Feeding
Medium feeder
Companion planting
Companion planting is partly traditional gardening lore. Where the reason is known, it is given.
Varieties
4 varieties‚Butterflay’
A modern, self-seeding variety with large, round, very delicate leaves that are especially good raw in salads.
‚Matador’
A proven classic for spring and autumn sowing that supplies you with thick, dark green, slightly savoyed leaves.
‚Verdil’
A fast growing, bolt resistant variety for spring and autumn cultivation that leaves you long harvest windows even as the days get longer.
‚Winterriesen’
A robust, hardy variety that you sow in late summer to carry it through the winter and harvest early in spring.
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