Do you want to grow spinach at home? Don’t know how to get started? Look out this post and know about tricks to grow baby spinach at home.
However, on the internet you have many apps that have made it easier for you to buy groceries of your choice at no time. But the happiness of growing your own vegetables at home is amazing. Plus, the chances of getting fresh and super healthy vegetables are higher than buying from stores.
So, let’s dive into the guide!
What are the basic requirements of growing spinach at home?
Here are the details you should know before starting planting of spinach
- Planting season: All year except December-February
- Soil type and improvement: well-drained soil is best for planting while for soil improvement manure is perfect.
- Temperature: -10 degree C-22 degree C is perfect
- Sunlight: partial light
- Watering time: avoid excess of water
- Diseases- damping off, root rot, and downy mildew
- Pests- fleas, beetles, snails, and miners
- Spinach varieties- Bloomsdale, tyee, Regiment, Red carnival, Malabar spinach, and savoy spinach
- Cohort plants: cabbage, eggplant, radish, tomatoes, brussel sprouts, peas, and strawberries
A step-by-step guide to grow spinach at home
Following are the steps one should follow to grow spinach at home. Note these steps can be applied whether you are planting spinach in your balcony or a big container.
- Sowing seeds is the first step. So, find or gather best quality spinach seeds as well as tools.
- Check whether the area has a balance of light and shade or not. Also, ensure the PH level of the soil must range between 6.6 -7. You can even improve the quality of soil by adding more nutrients into it with help of manure.
- When everything is checked sow the seeds by ¼ inch deep for letting the space between the soil and seed. This will enhance the plant’s room to grow faster.
- When you see seeding reaches a height of 2, slim the plants about 2’’-3”
- Keep checking the amount of water you are giving your plants. Ensure your soil is not too wet and dry. It should be moist for the healthy growth of plants.
- Always keep an eye on the growth of spinach and prevent them from the various pests and disease.
- Apart from pests, bolting is another problem you can find in spinach. This is because the soil is too dry, too much heat, and too much heat. To make it better, pull out the plants coming over the spinach.
When you follow the above steps carefully you will expect the harvesting of spinach in 60 days.