Spinach Beet

Spinach Beet - Perpetual Spinach - Erbette

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    Open pollinated. Heirloom.
    • 55 days. 
    • Spinach Beet is a Nichols customer favorite.
    • Small, smooth and tender dark green leaves.
    • Provides a long harvest of tender greens through summer into early winter. Plants grow up to 12" tall.
    • Drought, frost and bolt resistant.

     

    Planting Directions:  Sow seed outdoors in early spring when soil temperatures have reached 45° to 75° -optimum of 70°.  Plant seed ½” deep thinning plants 4-5” apart. When preparing the soil add  a general purpose fertilizer or compost .Spinach grows best when soil temperature reaches about  60°. Plant again in fall 60-70 days before first frost. Water light but regularly.  Spinach bolts during hot weather or when there is more than 14 hours of light.