SPINACIA OLERACEA
DESCRIPTION
A really beautiful spinach with good flavor. Looks almost like a green smocked fabric with its wavy silhouette and therefore becomes a beautiful element in your salad. Also good to cook. Upright plants make it easy to harvest. Works well for spring, fall and winter sowing. Blooms late and is resistant to leaf mold
LIFE CYCLE: ONE YEAR
COLOR: GREEN
SOWING DEPTH: 1-2 CM
GROWING POSITION: SUN
SEEDS/BAG: 250 PCS
DIRECT SOWING
SOWING TIME: APRIL-JUNE/AUG-SEPT/WINTER SOWING
GROOMING TIME: 5-15 DAYS
PLANTING DISTANCE: 5-10 CM
ROW SPACING: 40 CM
HARVEST FESTIVAL: 2-3 MONTHS AFTER SOWING
SOWING AND HARVESTING SPINACH
Growing location : Grown outdoors, in a pallet collar or larger pot on the balcony in a sunny spot. location (partial shade can also work). Direct sowing in APRIL-JUNE and AUGUST-SEPTEMBER. Can also be pre-cultivated APRIL-AUGUST or grown during the winter in a greenhouse/outdoors for an early spring harvest during FEBRUARY-MARCH.
OPTION: DIRECT SOWING
AT SOWING
Direct sow outdoors when the soil warms up in spring APRIL-JUNE and AUGUST-SEPTEMBER. Spinach thrives best when it is cool, if it is too hot it will only flower. Sow in batches for a longer harvest period.
Water the soil thoroughly before sowing. Sow seeds about 1-2 cm into the soil with a distance of 5-10 cm. Row spacing about 40 cm. (Or closer but then thin when the seeds have germinated to this plant spacing).
Mark the sowing with markers. Specify the variety and date.
Water carefully from above so as not to wash away the seeds. Keep moist during germination.
DURING THE SEASON/OTHER TIPS
Water regularly throughout the season if it doesn't rain. It's better to water more and less often than to water a little every day. Keeping the seeds consistently moist reduces the risk of the spinach going into flower.
Fertilize a few times during the season.
Clear weeds that come up between the plants.
HARVEST FESTIVAL
Harvest and enjoy. About 2-3 months after sowing, the harvest festival begins. Harvest leaves as you go. When the leaves are gone, you can cut off and save a few cm of the stem so it can give another small harvest. The leaves will keep for a few days in a jar/bag in the fridge and can be blanched and then frozen.
OPTION: PRE-CULTIVATE
AT SOWING
Sow indoors in a cool place, in a greenhouse or glassed patio in APRIL or August-SEPTEMBER. Place the briquette in lukewarm water and let it swell. Place on a dish or growing tray. Stick a seed about 1-2 cm into the growing briquette and cover the seed with some of the briquette's coconut fibers. You can sow about 3-5 seeds in each briquette.
Mark the seeds with markers. Write the variety and date on the seeds to keep track of what was grown and when.
Cover the seeds with a transparent cover with air holes. Tip – use a greenhouse with a plastic lid and place a capillary mat in the bottom to provide an even and good water supply.
Keep cool. Spinach thrives best when it's cool, if it's too warm it will only flower.
Water regularly - never let the seeds dry out!
1-2 WEEKS AFTER SOWING
Provide light. As soon as the seed has germinated and is sticking up above the soil, usually after 5-15 days, it needs light. Remove the plastic and place the seed in a bright and cool place.
FINAL PLANTING
Plant the plants in their growing location when the risk of frost is over. Carefully divide the briquette so that you can remove the plants one by one. Water before dividing to reduce the risk of damaging the tender roots. Plant each plant outdoors, in a pallet collar or larger pot, with 5-10 cm between each plant and 40 cm between each row. Plant in well-fertilized soil.
Water regularly throughout the season if it doesn't rain. It's better to water more and less often than to water a little every day. Keeping the seeds consistently moist reduces the risk of the spinach going into flower.
Feel free to fertilize at some point during the season.
Clear weeds that come up between the plants.
HARVEST FESTIVAL
Harvest and enjoy. About 2-3 months after sowing, the harvest festival begins. Harvest leaves as they come. When the leaves are gone, you can cut them off. and save a few cm of the stem and it can give another small harvest. The leaves will keep for a few days in a jar/bag in the fridge and can be blanched and then frozen.
