GROWING TIPS

Spinach appreciates a fertile soil, and leaves will be more tender if grown quickly, so bulk up soil with sheep pellets or blood and bone before planting.

Spinach plants have shallow roots, making them ideal for pots. Plant seedlings or sow seed into pots or buckets with drainage holes drilled into them. Water regularly and ensure you give plants fortnightly foliar feeds of a general vegetable fertiliser or worm tea.