How to grow spinach

Spinach is grown on land

Spinach is good for your health in reasonable amounts. With proper planning, you can have spinach throughout the year. We can include spinach in our weight loss diet or in any goal to be healthy.

In this article we are going to give you the keys to learn how to grow spinach and what are the properties and characteristics of it.

Key features

Spinach is very nutritious

La spinach, whose scientific name is Spinacia, is an annual herbaceous plant that is highly valued for its precious green, nutrient-rich leaves. They are oval in shape and can have a rough appearance. In crop orchards, this plant is characterized by having a single central stem from which the rest of the leaves start. Said stem is long and fleshy and they have heights that exceed 30 centimeters. They are plants that do not reach a meter in height. From this stem the rest of the leaves sprout and it has an intense green color. It has a larger size at the bottom and they are smaller and more delicate at the top.

Although they belong to the same family, there are noticeable differences between different species of spinach What can we find. This means that in the market we find several species of spinach that seem totally different. Lactating Polar are savoy spinach that have rough, curly and relatively hard leaves. There are also other smooth spinach that do not have any type of roughness and that are more subtle for the palate.

Properties and benefits of spinach

Let's see what are the benefits of this highly valued plant. Most of the plant is made up of water. This makes only have 23 calories per 100 grams of product. It is poor in proteins, fats and carbohydrates, so its nutritional power is found in the vitamin and mineral contributions. For example, it is very rich in vitamin A which is necessary to maintain good eye health and strengthen the immune system. Another of the vitamins for which it is known is vitamin C. This vitamin is necessary to reduce hypertension and improve our skin as well as having some de-stressing virtues.

We can say that spinach is rich in minerals such as magnesium that is good for us to maintain the muscles to reduce tiredness and fatigue. It is also rich in manganese which is used to promote the production of cartilaginous tissues and to assimilate vitamin E. Despite what is said in popular culture, if we refer to the contribution of iron or calcium we see that it is not too usable. This is due to the presence of oxalic acid. What this acid does is prevent a good assimilation of minerals. In order to solve this problem, it is convenient to consume cooked spinach even if it is lightly. In this way, they do not intervene in the absorption of other minerals by the body.

How to grow spinach

Spinach multiply by seeds

This nutritious plant usually grows in rich, moist soils Although it can also grow in any soil, as long as it has enough organic matter, so it is necessary to add a generous amount of compost to the soil before starting sowing.

There are different varieties of spinach and you have to choose the variety depending on when you want to plant it. The spinach seeds are sown directly into the ground, preferably at a depth of 2 cm.. In the orchards, rows are made 30 cm apart and in pots the seeds must be spread on the surface.

It is advisable to plant several batches of spinach with an interval of 2 weeks because then you will have fresh spinach at all times. On the other hand, spinach plant can grow perfectly without much sun. This makes it ideal for locating or planting it in places that have a lot of shade during the day, such as a garden or terrace. It also tolerates being in full sun but you have to be careful that it is not in very hot environments because excess heat accelerates flowering and makes the plant take a bitter taste.

We recommend you water your plantations every time you see that the earth is drying out. To collect the spinach it is not necessary to tear off the entire plant, it is enough to remove its outer leaves. The small inner leaves will grow back quickly. In this way you can enjoy delicious salads whenever you want

Essential requirements for its cultivation

Let's see what are the main requirements for growing spinach. The main thing is the type of land where we are going to sow. Spinach prefers fertile soil to be able to develop in good conditions. However, it can grow in almost any type of soil, as long as it has enough organic matter for it. We can even sow it in pots adding a good amount of compost or substrate, for example for urban garden (for sale here), so that the spinach can have enough nutrients to grow.

It is not very tolerant to alkaline soils, so it prefers pH values ​​between 6-6.5. If you have the most acidic soil you can add some lime, and if on the contrary it is very alkaline you can add coconut fiber (for sale here). It does not need too much heat to grow but it will flower easily. Most spinach plants are planted in the spring or fall after the summer heat has passed..

As for harvesting, it is not necessary to remove the entire plant, but rather we can remove the leaves externally. The small inner leaves will grow back quickly and we will have higher harvests.

Let's summarize some of the tips that are given about spinach:

  • Excess heat causes spinach to bloom prematurely and turn it bitter.. This means that if we want to sow spinach in summer we must look for those varieties that can better tolerate heat.
  • You can plant several batches of spinach with a time of two weeks between them. This can provide us with a continuous crop of spinach.
  • There are different varieties of spinach and we must choose the one that best suits us.

Harvesting spinach is done manually

I hope that with this information you can learn more about how to grow spinach and what its characteristics are.


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  1.   GINA POLISHED said

    THANK YOU FOR THE ADVICE THAT GIVES PEOPLE LITTLE EXPERTS ON THE SUBJECT. THESE ARE A GREAT HELP

    1.    Monica Sanchez said

      Thank you very much Gina.