Spinach Seeds

Spinach is a delicious, small-leaved, annual vegetable, perhaps best known for giving Popeye his strength due to its vaunted health properties. Packed with valuable vitamins and minerals, spinach is a superfood that’s delicious eaten raw in salads straight from the garden or served lightly steamed and topped with butter. Spinach responds well to a generous top dressing of multi-purpose fertiliser or sulphate of ammonia, given its high nitrogen requirement. It reaches full maturity about 10 weeks after sowing but is also popular picked as a ‘baby leaf’ crop before this time. Spinach grows best in a moist yet well-drained, rich, fertile soil with plenty of well-rotted organic matter. Choose Spinach Cello for a slow to bolt, cut and come again variety with outstanding disease resistance that’s bred specifically for UK growing conditions. Alternatively, Spinach Oriental Mikado is a quick to crop variety that’s delicious chopped in stir fries with leaves and stems that can be cut as required.