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Viking
created by steffen a. at 14.04.2023
Features
Color
carrot like
Location
Beet
Freiland
Season Overview
Sowing
Harvest
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Description
Spinach belongs to the goosefoot family. It has a very short cultivation period, making it ideal as a pre-crop and post-crop. There are around 50 varieties of spring and winter spinach with various shapes, colors and different fleshiness.
Non hybrid
Frostproof
Growing tips
Spinach can be sown either in spring from March to May or as winter spinach in mid-September. After sowing, a sufficient water supply and weed control is necessary.
Details
Light requirement
Shady
Water requirement
Very humid
Soil
Light (sandy)
Nutrient requirement
Medium
Seeding distance
7 cm
Row spacing
25 cm
Seeding depth
1-2 cm
Companion Plants
Aubergine / Eggplant
Bean (Broad bean / Faba bean / Field bean)
Bean (Dwarf bean)
Bean (Runner bean)
Black salsify
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage (Cabbage)
Cabbage (Savoy cabbage)
Cauliflower
Celery (Celeriac / Celery root)
Celery (Celery)
Chives
Collard greens (Kale)
Collard greens (Tuscan kale / Dinosaur kale / Palm tree kale)
Common marigold
Kohlrabi / German turnip / Turnip cabbage
Lettuce (Lettuce)
Lettuce (Radicchio / Italian chicory)
Miner's lettuce / Indian lettuce / Winter purslane
Napa cabbage / Chinese cabbage
Oregano
Pak Choi
Pea
Physalis
Potato
Radish
Radishes
Rhubarb
Rutabaga / Swedish turnip
Soybean
Strawberry
Tarragon
Turnip
Antagonistic Plants
Diseases
Downy mildew
Pests
Beet fly
Land snails
