Vegetables Spinach
Spinach
(Spinacia
oleracea)
Spinach consumption has recently seen a big upturn due to it being full of nutrients and an
excellent choice for baby leaf vegetables. Grow at closer density for baby leaf
and harvest young.
Sow Early
to late spring for summer crops and late summer onwards for winter / spring
crops protect with cloche for late crops. Sow in shallow drills 1cm deep, thin
to 15cm apart and 30cm between rows.
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Spinach Nagano
Fast maturing F1 variety, high yielding with medium dark green leaves. Ideal for baby leaf, early variety with high resistance to Downy mildew. One of the quickest growing Downy mildew resistant varieties available.
£0.79 Av 500 seeds
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Spinach Thames
Specially bred in the UK for early season sowing during the shorter day lengths. A very early F1 standard spinach high yielding variety and ideal for baby leaf. Sow early from February to mid March. This variety can be quick to bolt if sown out of the recommended sowing times. Mildew resistance
£0.79 Av
500 seeds
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Spinach Ottawa
Bred in the UK to suit our growing conditions, a high yielding F1 disease resistant variety with dark green glossy round leaves. Ottawa is a mid season standard variety ideal for use as baby leaf. It is possible to sow as early as February to Mid May with the main sowing time Mid March to mid May
and during August.
£0.79 Av 500 seeds
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Spinach Rakaia
A F1 savoy variety of spinach bred in the UK with dark green glossy leaves and a distinctive sweet creamy flavour, ideal for baby leaf. Early season, sow from March to mid April and mid August to mid September.
£0.79 Av
500 seeds
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Spinach Kansas
A UK bred F1 standard spinach variety slow growing with erect glossy leaves, ideal for baby leaf. Slow bolting late season spinach sow mid April until the end of August
£0.79 Av 500 seeds
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Spinach Monza
UK
Bred F1 for mid summer growing a slow growing and slow to bolt spinach. Attractive dark green leaved standard cultivar suitable for baby leaf. Sow from mid April until end of August. Mildew resistant.
£0.79 Av 500 seeds
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Spinach Amazon
A fast growing UK bred F1 variety Amazon has attractive dark green round leaves suited to baby leaf spinach. Suitable for spring and autumn growing. It is possible to sow early during February and as late as September, the recommended times for sowing are March to mid
April and August. Mildew resistant
£0.79 Av 500 seeds
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Spinach Boeing F1
A slow bolting variety developed for the main summer production period. Sow during April to August. Highly attractive smooth, round, dark green leaves. Mildew resistance
£1.65 Av 500 seeds
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Spinach Medania
A superb flavour, mildly sweet, juicy and tender.
High quality yields, slow bolting variety with dark green leaves for
cropping spring and winter. Mildew resistant. RHS Award of Garden Merit
£1.45 Av 400 seeds
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Spinach Giant Winter
Organic Sourced
Sow August / September Harvest October to December
A winter leaf vegetable. Large, lance shaped leaves of good strong
flavour. If given protection from mid-November the plants will last into
the new year.
£1.40 Av
250 seeds
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Spinach, New Zealand
Tetragonia
An alternative to spinach and can be picked throughout the summer and
into the autumn, plants do not run to seed during the hot summers.
Leaves are used raw or cooked, Young leaves used raw in salads. Sow in
trays/pots plant out after last frosts in a sunny position. Or sow in
situ in shallow drills 1cm deep, pinch out growing tip to make the
plants bush out.
5 gram pkt Approx 70 seeds
£1.15 Av 5 gram pkt
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Komatsuna Greens
Mustard Spinach
A hardy, vigorous cold tolerant vegetable.
The flavour can be best described as a combination of mustard and cabbage with
a hint of spinach,
delicious in stir fry. 25 days for baby leaf 55 days mature plants
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Komatsuna Torasan F1
Baby Leaf A uniform quick growing F1 mustard spinach hybrid with light green juicy, tender stems. Dark green
glossy leaves. Use in salads or stir fry. A cold tolerant variety for
autumn. winter and spring production.
Quick and easy to grow and vigorous.
Sow during spring summer and autumn in
situ, late winter early spring and late autumn sowings under cover in
unheated polytunnels/cloches for a winter to spring harvest. For a mature
crop to harvest for greens during winter sow mid summer in situ. For
seedling crop baby leaf either broadcast sow or in wide drills. Mature crop sow in
situ or transplant from modules space for small plants from 5cm apart up
to 50cm for larger plants.
£0.69 approx 200 seeds
£1.20 approx 500 seeds
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Komatsuna Tokisan F1
Similar to Komatsuna Torasan a F1 mustard spinach hybrid used in Stir Fry and Salads. Suitable for sowing all year round and in
general a more heat tolerant variety ideal for sowing during the summer months.
£1.00 Av 500 seeds
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Leaf Beet
or Spinach Beet
Beta
vulgaris
Sow March
onwards in shallow drills, thin to 15cm apart and 30cm between rows.
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Perpetual Spinach
Cut and come again. Dark green leaves are used as spinach. Suitable
for cutting over a long period. Sow spring for use during summer, sow
autumn for winter and spring harvest. Concessional sowings through out
growing season will guarantee a continual supply of young leaves.
£0.69 Av 70 seeds
£1.45 Av 200 seeds
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The cultural
information should be used as a guide only, I have found a number of different
sowing techniques for the same seed from different sources there does not seem
to be a standard. With this in mind you should use this website as a guide only,
you probably already have a tried and tested way of sowing different seeds. As a
rule of thumb the larger the seed size the more cover it requires, and fine seed
like Lobelia Begonia etc requires no cover.
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