SPINACH BABY LEAF Vegetable Seeds
Botanical Name: Spinacia oleracea
Description:
Spinach Baby Leaf is a fast-growing, versatile variety ideal for fresh salads, smoothies, and light cooking. It produces tender, dark green leaves with a smooth texture and mild flavour, perfect for harvesting young as baby greens. This hardy spinach is slower to bolt than many other varieties, making it a reliable choice across a wide range of seasons. Excellent disease resistance and quick maturity make it a favourite among home gardeners and market growers alike.
- Produces smooth, dark green baby leaves with delicate flavour.
- Quick to mature and suitable for continuous harvesting.
- Highly resistant to downy mildew and bolting.
- Ideal for salads, sautés, and sandwiches.
Plant Details:
- Plant Type: Hardy annual vegetable
- Leaf Size: Typically 8 – 12 cm when harvested young
Sowing Information:
- Sow When:
- Temperate: March – September
- Cool: September – November and February – April
- Arid: March – May and August – October
- Subtropical: March – June and August – October
- Tropical: April – August
- Germination: 7 – 14 days @ 10 – 25°C
- Depth: Sow 1 cm deep
- Position: Full sun to partial shade
- Sow Where: Direct into garden beds or large containers
- Soil Type: Moist, fertile, well-drained soil with pH 6 – 7
- Spacing: 6 cm between plants, 15 cm between rows
Details:
- Water consistently to keep soil evenly moist and encourage tender leaves.
- Harvest regularly to promote regrowth and extend the picking period.
- Best harvested when leaves are young and around 10 cm long.
Harvest:
40 days after sowing for baby leaf stage.