Spinach – cold-resistant annual plant which is grown up on greens. Young leaves of plant are eaten. It is necessary to notice that spinach quite seldom meets on kitchen gardens, and in vain! It contains many vitamins, protein, iodine that is very important for work of thyroid gland. The iron which is contained in spinach for 60% is acquired by human body. Besides, its leaves contain potassium and oxalic acid.
Instruction
1. The best time for cultivation of spinach – spring and fall. Optimum temperature for cultivation 15 °. Therefore in the summer when it becomes very warm, this plant will strelkovatsya. It is necessary to sow spinach in those places where after its cleaning it is possible to put some main culture. It is good predecessor for many vegetable cultures. The place needs to be chosen as solar, but protected from winds. At cultivation in the fall spinach can transfer partial shadowing. The soil will approach loamy, fertilized by organic fertilizers. Spinach prefers the damp soil therefore it is necessary to monitor its watering.
2. At autumn landing it is necessary to consider that after table beet, spinach it is better not to land some cabbage lettuce in order to avoid infection with diseases of these cultures. Sites where grew onions, early cucumbers, early potatoes, early cabbage, carrots will approach. If under these vegetables organic fertilizers have been already introduced, then before crops of spinach they are not required to be brought. Very harmfully to introduce nitrogen mineral fertilizers as spinach is capable to accumulate nitrates in the leaves.
3. Leaving consists in weeding, timely watering, loosening of row-spacings. The technical ripeness of plant comes in 20-25 days after shoots.
4. It is convenient to grow up spinach in the greenhouses intended for cultivation of cucumbers, pepper, tomatoes. It is necessary to sow seeds in March. Before landing of the main cultures it is possible to receive good harvest of spinach. This plant will be suitable also for cultivation in room conditions on windowsill.