Country Value Spinach Beet Perpetual Spinach

Large crops of taste, succulent leaves which can be used as a substitute for spinach. A long standing variety, it has excellent bolt resistance during hot weather. Performs well in most fertile soils.

Sow outdoors in March to July

• In prepared seed bed
• Sow thinly in rows 40cm (16in) apart
• Cover with 2.5cm of fine soil
• Firm gently and keep moist
• Seedling appear 7-21 days
• When large enough thin to 15cm (6in) apart
• Pick regularly, a few leaves at a time, do not strip plants completely
• Harvest in June to October
• Protect with clothes in cold weather from October onwards for later harvests.
• Plants often survive the winter providing further crops the following year
• Pinch centre shoots back to prolong harvest period