You don’t need to have muscles like Popeye to grow spinach. It is a simple leafy vegetable that is undemanding if given the right conditions.

• It is a long day plant initiating flowering as days lengthen.
• Good moist conditions give rapid growth and a quick harvest before running to seed.
• Sowing after mid summer reduces bolting.
• Bolt resistant varieties include Monnopa, Spokanr and Palco.

Spinach Problems

• Blight caused by cucumber mosaic virus causes leaf yellowing. burn the plants.
• Leaf spot causes light brown or grey areas to develop. Chose a new site each year and feed wth potassium sulphate.
• Downy mildew can by a minor irritants. Thin out the rows and remove infected leaves.