Spinach

Chris the Gardener · June 2017

This is the first year growing spinach and it is coming on well. When is the right time to start harvesting the leaves

Thanks in advice :-)

Last edited: 16 June 2017 09:09:50

Dovefromabove · June 2017

Yours looks ready to plant out now.

Here's a video about picking spinach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2rc0tWqpxU

Chris the Gardener · June 2017

Thanks for the response,

Would I be OK leaving it in this pot or would I need to move it to a larger one.

Planting is a non starter as I've got very little garden space.

Cheers :-)

Dovefromabove · June 2017

It will need a larger pot if you can't plant it out in the garden.

I would use a mixture of two parts loam based John Innes No 2 compost and one part multi-purpose compost similar to the one it's planted in.

Is this the only spinach plant you have? One plant does not yield much on its own.

Chris the Gardener · June 2017

Thanks for this,

I've got over 30 planted in varying sized pots.

I feel a trip to the supermarket is in order to buy more pots :-)

Dovefromabove · June 2017

What about planting them into tomato growbags ... cheaper than buying loads of pots ...

Chris the Gardener · June 2017

Once again it's the space,

I'll get some bigger pots today and replant them, hopefully they will take off from there. I'm using ASDA professional multi purpose compost with MiracleGro all purpose food.

I'm growing them for my pet rabbits so need to know how big the plant will get and when I can start to harvest the leaves :-)

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