Spinacia oleracea 'Giant Winter'
Spinach 'Giant Winter'
In the same family as chard and beetroot, spinach is a leaf vegetable that can be eaten cooked (steamed is best), or young leaves picked and eaten raw as baby leaves, in salad. Spinach can be grown to produce a crop all year round. 'Giant Winter' is hardy spinach that can be harvested right through the Winter. It has large, pointed dark green leaves
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Moist and rich
Common name
Spinach 'Giant Winter'
Latin name
Spinacia oleracea 'Giant Winter'
type
Leaf Vegetable
family
Amaranthaceae
ph
6.0 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Moist and rich
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When to harvest
full grown dimensions
0.40 M
0.50 M
Spinacia oleracea 'Giant Winter'
In the same family as chard and beetroot, spinach is a leaf vegetable that can be eaten cooked (steamed is best), or young leaves picked and eaten raw as baby leaves, in salad. Spinach can be grown to produce a crop all year round. 'Giant Winter' is hardy spinach that can be harvested right through the Winter. It has large, pointed dark green leaves
Propagating by seed
From Early Spring TO Early Summer
Sow seeds individually 1/2" deep in moist compost in compartmented seed trays in Spring for Summer / Autumn crops, and in Autumn for Winter crops. (Make sure the variety sown is right for the season). Water after sowing. Alternatively sow direct in well-manured soil outdoors. Sow 1"-2" apart in rows 12" apart. Thin to 3" when seedlings are large enough to handle (Thinnings can be used for salads as baby leaves)
Planting
From Early Spring TO Late Summer
Thinnings, or seeds grown in trays, can be transplanted outside into well-manured soil, approx. 4" - 6" apart, then watered well.