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A comforting yet fresh-tasting winter soup - perfect for those chilly days out in the garden.
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Spinach 'Perpetual' or Spinach Beet is a prolific green leaf veg, with a very similar taste and texture to spinach.
This is one to sow in early autumn for picking right through the winter and into spring.
Spinach 'Perpetual' is tasty, long-producing and very easy to grow, an exceptional, underrated and very worthwhile plant particularly for those with a tiny garden or those with no time. Just shove this in and it will produce spinach leaves for an entire year.
Genus | Beta vulgaris subsp.cicla |
Group/Species | Heritage |
Variety | Perpetual |
Type | Short-lived Perennial (grown as a Hardy Annual) |
Common Name | Spinach Beet |
Soil Type | Fertile, Neutral |
Site | Full Sun, Part Shade |
Moisture | Moist but Well-drained |
Height | 30cm (12in) |
Spacing | 20cm (8in) |
Sowing, Seeds, Planting | Sow early autumn for picking right through the winter and into the spring or sow March-April for harvesting from summer. |
Care Tips | Extremely resistant to bolting. Keep well weeded. Will grow well in containers. |
Harvesting | All year - 7-8 weeks from sowing. Pick the outer leaves, leaving the inner ones to mature. |
Cooking Notes | Enjoy raw or steamed. The stalks are edible and taste deliciously like asparagus. |
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