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Spinach Information
Spinach
Spinacia oleracea
Easy to grow salad leaves, full of iron. Try to buy a variety with a resistance to bolting.
Moon Planting Type: Leafy
Soil Type: Loam
Aspect: Any aspect
Light: Full Sun
Hardiness: Not Hardy
Moisture: Well-drained
pH: Neutral (6.6 - 7.3)
Height:
Spread:
Spinach Growing Notes
Sowing
Sow directly into the soil, for the best crops the soil should have garden compost added to it in autumn.
Pruning & Thining
Keep well watered and weed free
Harvesting
Remove outer leaves as and when required.
Spinach Varieties
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A unique bolt-resistant oriental spinach which can be sown all summer as well as in spring and autumn. It has excellent downy mildew resistance and produces masses of delicious, dark green, pointed le...more£1.55
An easy to grow variety producing masses of highly nutritious, dark green leaves that make a delicious vegetable picked fresh from the garden and boiled lightly....more£1.35
Unique Christmas tree-shaped leaves with vibrant red veins and a lovely sweet taste. Bred specially for baby leaf growing, its easy to grow and has good mildew resistance....more£1.35
Excellent on dry soils where annual Spinach would run to seed quickly. Hardy and useful for autumn and winter dishes. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Recommended by the National Institute of Agricul...more£1.30
Excellent on dry soils where annual Spinach would run to seed quickly. Hardy and useful for autumn and winter dishes. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Recommended by the National Institute of Agricul...more£3.95
The first variety with full Downy Mildew resistance, Scenic is high yielding, full-flavoured, has a high nutrient content, and is suitable for overwintering....more£1.55
A delicious alternative to Cabbage. The leaves have a crispy, sweet flavour. (Often called Baby Vegetables, specially bred variety ideal for gardening in small spaces, be it in the garden or increasin...more£1.55
Excellent on dry soils where annual spinach would run to seed quickly. Hardy, and useful for autumn and winter dishes. Award of Garden Merit. Do you have trouble handling small seed and getting an eve...more£2.45
Smooth, oval, medium dark green leaves with mildew resistance. All our Organic varieties carry the Organic Farmers & Growers Seal of Approval....more£1.35
One of the most useful vegetables which can be picked continuously right through to autumn. Cook leaves and stems like spinach. Valuable on dry soil, where true spinach runs to seed. Healthy young pla...more£4.95
This superb variety can be used as baby leaves in salads or allowed to mature. Highy resistant to downy mildew and tolerant to bolting....more£1.99
Mid to dark-green slightly blistered (semi-savoy) leaves. Resistant to 7 races of mildew slow to bolt....more£0.00
Attractive enough for the flower border the dark green heavily savoyed (crinkly) leaves can be used just like spinach. So useful it can be eaten as 'greens' in savoury flans and even in curries. This ...more£1.29
Very high yielding and slow to bolt Toscane is also robust enough to resist six races of mildew! The attractive dark green thick leaves can be produced for many months depending when sown and can be h...more£1.79
This high yielding and delicious leaf vegetable can be sown to crop in either summer or winter so is particularly useful. The leaves are delicious steamed or picked when young to use in salads....more£1.29
