Vegetables · Cool
Spinach
Amaranthaceae
At a glance
- Plant spacing
- 15 cm
- USDA zones
- 3a–9a
- Frost-sensitive
- no
- Growth duration
- 7 weeks
Which beds suit?
- Sun (prefers)
- partial shadeAlso okay:full sun
- Soil (prefers)
- loamyAlso okay:raised-bed mix
- Drainage (prefers)
- normal
Seed & start
Direct sow
Sow directly into the bed — no pre-culture needed.
Stachi's tip
Spinach loves cool weather. Spring and autumn are its seasons — in high summer it bolts instantly. Sow in September and you'll harvest under fleece into December. My winter favourite.
Sowing
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Harvest
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Good neighbours
Avoid these neighbours
Good pre-cultures
Stachi has no specific pre-cultures recorded.
Sources
- Kreuter, Bio-Garten
- Kosmos Gartenkalender
- LLM-Baseline-Intercrop
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-09 yieldKg
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 family-zehrer
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 sun-soil-drainage