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How to Grow Spinach
Index
- Sowing Instructions
- Crop Maintenance
- How to Harvest
Sowing Instructions
- Sowing Time: Mid Spring & again in late summer
- Sow little & often for a continuous supply
- Sow Location: Sow direct as transplanting can lead to bolting
- To Sow: Prepare drill 2cm deep with rows 20cm apart
- Sow seeds thinly, roughly 1cm apart
- Once seedlings emerge, thin to 10cm apart
Crop Maintenance
- Spinach requires a lot of water
- They are also hungry plants - feed regularly
- Warm weather can lead to bolting
- Feed with nitrogen based feed during season
- Weed well until established
- Keep young plants well watered until established
- Cover crops to protect against pigeons
- Protect against slugs also
Harvesting
- Can be harvested when foliage is young
- Or mature harvesting from 12 weeks after sowing
