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16 Mar 12, vuyokazi ralanti (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)

can i plant spinach on dry land?, what is the required temperature for the spinach to grow on its best?

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13 May 12, anne pestidge (Australia - temperate climate)

What is the difference between spinach & silverbeet I would like to know Thank you Anne

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16 Oct 12, Glenda (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

silver beet is actually Swiss Chard - we jut call it silver beet in Australia. There are various varieties and it grows with a long leaf and thick stem in a high clump for each plant. Spinach is a quite different species, it grows flatish to the ground, has a thin green stem and smooth leaves that are even long oval or an arrowhead shape, usually called English spinach. Silver beet will grow year round - spinach is a winter plant and doesn't like the heat. hope this helps

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04 Jun 13, manyano (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)

i planted my spinach on the 1st week of may this year.My qeustion is what do i have to do to produce the promicing spinach?since i did not plant n a perfect time or season.

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13 Jun 13, Micky (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)

Spinach is a rather tenacious plant and don't need much to prosper. They survived heavy frost in my garden this winter - and I live in Ermelo's weather zone where the winters are pretty nasty. You can really plant them any time of the year. The cultivars that grow best in winter are swiss chard and dash (baby spinach). Just keep your seedling protected by covering the ground with a thick layer of straw / dead grass after sowing and fertilize well. Water lightly every morning - over-doing the water will "drown" your seeds or expose them. Germination is about 2 - 4 weeks during the cold months so just be patient.

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05 Aug 13, Doug (Australia - tropical climate)

My spinich is wilted, looking as though it needs a drink. Apart from needing water what would cause this

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06 Feb 15, flange (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

definitely watering it needs to be be done after sunlight or long before so there is no water on the leaves when the full sun hits or it will wilt

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04 Sep 13, jameel Ameen (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)

hi I have planted my first batch of 200 seedling.i would like some advice on how to apply my firtilizer and also want to know if its evan needed for me to apply firtilizer since my land is virgin soul and I have good loamy soil. I shall be receiving 200 seedlings a week for a duration of 5 weeks. any advise tips you can give me. ive been using a distance of 15cm from each seedling is that fine? thanks a lot your reply would be greatly appreciated

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12 Sep 13, Mike (USA - Zone 5a climate)

What varieties do best in a September planting?

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21 Oct 13, Erika Kimber (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I live in Qld - sub tropical climate. I have to say that I am surprised to find that apparently spinach does not grow in sub tropical climates. I planted baby spinach from seedlings at the start of September. They get 5 hours of full sun shine/day. That's full sun, no shade. I also have red spinach that I planted from seedling 4 weeks ago. No wilting, except once when I didn't water them early enough in the day. The chooks and myself have been harvesting a handful of leaves every second day or so. At the moment our ave. daily temp is around 30c, So I say give it ago.

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