Spinach

Vegetable

SEEDS & SCIENCE

Spinach

Description

Spinach is a hardy, leafy, green vegetable apart of the amaranth family. Spinach is annual for leaf production and biennial for seed production. It is also rich in multiple vitamins and minerals. Spinach requires cool weather and deep, rich, well-limed soil to give quick growth and maximum leaf area.

Key Features

  • Annual leafy green
  • Cool-season
  • Fast-growing
  • Rich in vitamins and minerals
  • Prefers deep, rich, well-limed soils

General Characteristics
Segment Forage
Species Vegetable
Sci. Name SPINACIA OLERACEA
Seeding Information
Approx. Seeds/Lb. 36,000
Seeding Rate - Alone/New (Lbs./Acre) 8-12
Planting Times Early Spring - Mid Fall
Seeding Rate - Mixes (Lbs./Acre) 4-6

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