Grow Your Own Spinach, Spinach Beet and Chard

Grow Your Own Spinach, Spinach Beet and Chard

Spinach, spinach beet and leafy chard are simple to grow and high in essential nutrients, especially iron.

How To Grow Your Own Spinach, Spinach Beet and Chard?

  • Dig the soil and add in lots of well-rotted manure.
  • Take out weeds and any big stones. Rake in order to leave a smooth finish.
  • For summer crops, plant chard seeds mid-March to late spring.
  • Make a 2.5cm deep trench using a garden cane.
  • Sow seeds 8cm apart, cover, then water.
  • Consequent rows ought to be approximately 38cm apart.
  • Once seedlings are 2cm high, thin to leave a plant every 30cm.
  • Weed and water fortnightly during the summer, using a high nitrogen liquid fertiliser.
  • To harvest, take off leaves as necessary from the outside of plants.

What You Need to Grow Spinach, Spinach Beet and Chard

  • Garden cane
  • Seeds
  • Watering can
  • Pencil and labels

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