Growing Spinach
Botanical name: Spinacia oleraceaGrowing Spinach Organic Gardening Fact Sheet Seed | | | 
| | Planting time: | SP,FA | | Seeds per ounce: | 2800 | | Ounces per square foot: | .004 | | Minimum legal germination rate: | 60% | | Germination type: | Short Germinating seeds | | Notes
Spinach is best grown in cool weather, where they will thrive. Spinach prefers damp conditions and lots of compost. Caution: Spinach does not tolerate hot weather and will "bolt" to flowering quickly. | | Planting | | | | In garden spacing (inches): | 6 | | | | In flat spacing (inches): | 1 | | | Planting depth (inches): | Cover seeds with soil | | Maxiumum number of plants per square foot: | 6 | | Nutrient relationship:: | Heavy Feeder | | | | Harvest | | | Days to maturity: | 42-49 | | Harvesting period (days): | - | | Minimum yields in pounds /square foot: | 5 | | | | | | | | Cultural | | Diseases: | Seed Rot, Seedling Blight, Damping-Off, Leaf Spot, Anthracnose, Downy Mildew, Fusarium Wilt, Verticillium Wilt, Cucumber Mosaic Virus, Beet Western Yellows Virus, Beet Curly Top Virus. | | Insect pests:(Insect Pest Finder) | Bean Aphid, Fall Armyworm, Flea Beetle, Garden Centipede, Garden Webworm, Grasshopper, Green Peach Aphid, Leafminer, Pea Aphid, Vegetable Weevil | | | | Varieties | | America, Bloomsdale Long Standing, Bloomsdale Savoy, Giant Thick Leafed, Viroflay, Strawberry Spinach (not a true Spinach) | Organic Gardening Seed and Plant Sources
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