Perpetual Spinach

Growing from seed

Direct-sow Perpetual Spinach outdoors about 2 weeks before your last frost, keeping seeds in cooler soil (around 10–18 °C). Seeds usually come up in around 10 days. Grow in partial sun, spaced about 30 cm apart. Expect to harvest in roughly 55 days.

Companion Planting

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  Inula
  

  InulaGreat pair

  • ❧Inula attracts Hoverflies and Lacewings and more, which prey on the Aphids that attack Perpetual Spinach
  • ❧Perpetual Spinach acts as living mulch, keeping soil moist and weeds down around Inula
  • ❧Inula gives Perpetual Spinach sheltering shade in the heat of summer
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  Maypop
  

  MaypopGreat pair

  • ❧Maypop attracts Parasitic wasps, which prey on the Aphids and Leaf miners that attack Perpetual Spinach
  • ❧Perpetual Spinach acts as living mulch, keeping soil moist and weeds down around Maypop
  • ❧Maypop gives Perpetual Spinach sheltering shade in the heat of summer
• Great pair

  • ❧Purple Coneflower attracts Hoverflies and Lacewings and more, which prey on the Aphids that attack Perpetual Spinach
  • ❧Perpetual Spinach acts as living mulch, keeping soil moist and weeds down around Purple Coneflower
  • ❧Purple Coneflower gives Perpetual Spinach sheltering shade in the heat of summer

How to grow Perpetual Spinach

1. Sow-2 weeks from frost
2. Germinates10 days
3. Space30 cm apart
4. GrowPartial sun
5. Harvest~55 days

Water: Medium · Height: 45 cm · Soil: Moist, fertile, well-draining