Spinach 'Giant Winter'
- Perfect for Pots
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Tried & tested by Sarah
Super productive variety
Easy to grow
The hardiest of spinach varieties in our trials, particularly suited to successional sowing from August to October and February to April for spinach in the coldest six months of the year
- Perfect for Pots
Product details
- Type
- Edible Crop
- Position
- Kitchen Garden
- Soil
- Broad Tolerance
- Flowers
- March - November
- Height
- 30cm (12in)
- Common name
- Spinach
- Moisture
- Moist but Well-drained
- Spread
- 30cm (12in)
- Cultivation
- Sow direct 1.5cm deep in spring or late summer in rows 30cm apart. You can start earlier in gutters under cover from February. Alternatively, sow indoors in autumn for picking through winter. Thin to 30cm for mature plants or 15cm for baby leaves.
Care Tips
Spinach is best grown in a fertile, moisture-retentive soil improved with well-rotted organic matter such as garden compost. Leaves can develop a bitter taste if grown in soil that lacks nutrients. Keep plants well-watered during hot, dry weather.
Flowering Time
March - November
