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Spinach at a Glance
Sow
Early spring and late summer, direct into ground
Depth -
1.5cm
Distance Apart -
Sow to about 3 cm then thin plants to 15cm in row.
Harvest -
Most of the year
Spinach Recipes
Spinach - Espinage
Spinach has been a very underated plant in the past. It is versatile - can be cooked
as a vegetable, added to tortillas, used fresh or wilted in salads.
Yet with two sowings per year, can provide you with fresh green leaves for almost 12 months.
Young Spinach Plants
Spinach isn't keen on being transplanted and anyway there isn't any need. Sow the seeds where you intend the plants to grow. We grow them in double rows 20-25cm apart with a watering trench between each double row.
Sow the seeds thinly, about 3cm apart and 1-1.5cm deep. When the plants have established, you can them thin them to the desired spacing of around 15cm.
The late summer sowings should enable you to pick spinach through the winter. It will of course be slow growing at that time of year, but if you have a large enough area (and the vegetable garden usually does have space in the winter) you will get a useable crop.
The outer leaves can be pulled from the plants as soon as they are large enoug to use.
Blog items relating to spinach
27/08/07 Sowing Late Carrots and Spinach
We try to get a succession of vegetables in the garden and sow or plant at various times.
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