{"id":17255,"date":"2015-12-07T06:54:43","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T13:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17255"},"modified":"2015-12-16T09:19:19","modified_gmt":"2015-12-16T16:19:19","slug":"spinach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/pests-problems\/spinach\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Growing Spinach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You don&#8217;t need to have muscles like Popeye to grow spinach. It is a simple leafy vegetable that is undemanding if given the right conditions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a long day plant initiating flowering as days lengthen.<\/li>\n<li>Good moist conditions give rapid growth and a quick harvest before running to seed.<\/li>\n<li>Sowing after mid summer reduces bolting.<\/li>\n<li>Bolt resistant varieties include Monnopa, Spokanr and Palco.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/150845890\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/1508458901.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Spinach Problems<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Blight caused by cucumber mosaic virus causes leaf yellowing. burn the plants.<\/li>\n<li>Leaf spot causes light brown or grey areas to develop. Chose a new site each year and feed wth potassium sulphate.<\/li>\n<li>Downy mildew can by a minor irritants. Thin out the rows and remove infected leaves.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1494360209\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/1494360209.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You don&#8217;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&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/pests-problems\/spinach\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vegetables-herbs","category-pests-problems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17255\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}