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# Growing/ planting spinach seeds
# Spinach recipes
Spinach is a flowering plant belonging to the family ‘Amaranthaceae’ and native to central Asia. Spinach is a hardy annual plant growing up to a height of 30 cm’s. There are three basic types of spinach 1) ‘Savoy’ spinach which has dark green, crinkly leaves, 2) ‘Flat/smooth leaf’ spinach which has broad smooth leaves and 3) ‘Semi-savoy’ spinach which is a hybrid variety with slightly crinkled leaves.
There are a number of spinach varieties you can choose to grow. Some of the more common spinach seed types include:
Beet Popeye spinach seeds – Produces dark green, heavily ‘savoyed’ leaves.
Bloomsdale spinach seeds - An easy to grow spinach with flavoursome leaves.
Bordeaux spinach seeds - Unique shaped leaves specifically bred for baby leaves.
Scenic spinach seeds - Full Downy Mildew resistance and high nutrient content.
Tarpy spinach seeds - Organic seeds with medium dark green leaves.
Tetona Speedy spinach seeds - Produces crispy, sweet tasting leaves. Ready to eat in just 6-12 weeks.
Tirza spinach seeds – Can be as baby leaves or left to mature. Good resistance to mildew.
Toscane spinach seeds - Very high yielding and robust spinach with dark green leaves.
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Growing spinach
1/ Soil should be prepared for sowing spinach through digging and adding manure.
2/ Dig a trench 2.5 cm’ deep with a garden cane and sow the spinach seeds 8 cm’s apart from each other. Cover and water seeds.
3/ When spinach seedlings are 2 cm’s tall, thin to leave a plant every 30 cm’s.
4/ Maintenance is required through the removal of weeds and regular watering.
5/ When harvesting spinach remove leaves as required from the outside of the spinach plant.
When planting spinach always remember to refer to the instructions on the seed packets!
A video tutorial on growing and planting spinach.
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Spinach recipes
The following websites have great tips and advice on cooking with spinach.
Let us know if you would like us to add your spinach recipe to the list below.
Some of our favourite spinach recipes include tomato, squash and spinach curry, spinach, pine nut and feta pastry and spinach with shallots.
BBC - Good food
Cookitsimply
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