SPINACH
GROW CONTINUOUS CROPS Where large, regular gatherings of this valuable vegetable are required it is better to make frequent sowings at regular intervals rather than one or two big sowings. It is a crop that always pays for a well-worked soil, and appears to appreciate a fairly liberal supply of soot in the soil. As a little shade is beneficial in the hot weather, unless sowings can be arranged for between, rows of peas, seeds. should be sown where they get a little relief from the midday sun. Where there is a difh- 1 culty iii maintaining supplies of the summer spinach, it is advisable to have a bed of the New Zealand variety to rely upon, and seeds of this may either i be sown out of doors in drills 2ft 6m apart or the plants may be raised in boxes and transplanted. This variety also appreciates well-worked ground, but will stand full, sunshine..
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Evening Star, Issue 20346, 30 November 1929, Page 28
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156SPINACH Evening Star, Issue 20346, 30 November 1929, Page 28
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