Spinach Seeds "New Zealand", this. ALT, c/n, 1 g

One of the varieties of spinach, grown to obtain abundant greenery throughout the season, up to frost. The plant is herbaceous, with a strongly branched creeping stem, strewn with dark green petiole leaves of oval-triangular shape, does not shoot at high temperatures. It differs from the usual spinach with a more fleshy, juicy and crisp, rich in biochemical composition: it contains protein, mineral salts, carotene, routine, vitamin C, oxalic acid, potassium, calcium, iron and iodine. It is used in children's and dietary nutrition. Young shoots are eaten along with the leaves in fresh, boiled, canned form, used for the preparation of vegetable puree, soups and various side dishes. Heat -loving, demanding on moisture and soil fertility. Prefers well -lit areas with light sandy soil. It does not bear frosts. Before sowing, the seeds are germinated, soaking in warm water (above 18 ° C) for 1-2 days, regularly changing water. Sowing for seedlings is carried out in March-April in pots with a diameter of 8-9 cm in 2-3 seeds, after germination, one plant is left. When sowing in boxes, dive in the phase of 1-2 leaflets. After the end of the spring frosts to a depth of 1.5-2 cm, preserving the earthen lump, according to the scheme of 8x20 cm. For prolonged and abundant growth, timely watering, weeding, loosening and feeding with mineral fertilizers,