Budget cooking just got a leafy-green upgrade.
Spinach sprints from the garden soil to the table in just over a month, making it satisfying to grow. It's also a fairly easy plant to manage and harvest, extending that satisfaction from the garden to your dinner plate. And with the seemingly endless number of
that call for bundles of one of our favorite leafy greens, letting this plant take root is a no-brainer. Here's how to grow spinach.Spinach is an annual crop. That means it has a one-year life cycle and has to be replanted each year. Typically, it needs six weeks of cool weather from seeding to harvest. In most climates, it can be planted in early spring and early fall. For warm-weather climates, it can be planted in the winter.
Spinach thrives in temperatures between 50 and 75℉ and it does not like hot weather. If you're starting your seeds outdoors, it's best to get started five weeks before the last frost or when the ground is just warm enough that you can work the soil. If you're planting for a fall harvest, it's best to plant your seeds about six weeks before the first frost.
The time it takes for the plants to germinate depends on the temperature. When it's warm , it can take a little over a week. When it's cooler , it can take up to three weeks to start seeing the green leaves.Spinach should be ready to harvest in four to seven weeks. When you start to see full leaves, you can start harvesting .
. The spinach plant will continue growing and leaves will be ready to harvest again within about a month. The cycle continues until it's too warm—that's when the plant will go to seed.Semi-savoy spinach is generally the best type for home gardeners because it is more disease-resistant than other types. Its leaves are also easier to clean because the leaves are smoother and have fewer crinkles for mud to get stuck in.
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