Spinach Medania Vegetable Seeds

Spinach Madania a very popular, easy to grow and reliable variety, produces an abundance of dark green leaves. Long standing if grown in good, moist soil which is kept watered during dry weather. Spinach Medania is ideal for successional sowing to give a longer cropping period.

Broad, deep green leaves ideal for freezing. Popeye was right, you can eat no better vegetable than spinach. Rich In vitamins A and C, beta-carotene, lutein and dietary fibre.

Sow: Outdoors thinly, March to July, in succession to provide continual crop. Where they are to crop, 1cm (½") deep, directly into finely-prepared, rich, well-dug soil, which has already been watered. Allow 23-30cm (9-12in) between rows. Seedlings usually appear in 14-21 days. Can be sown under cloches or frames in September.

Thin seedlings to 5cm (2in) apart when large enough to handle, thinnings will be suitable for use in salads, Harvest leaves as required, picking only a few from each plant.