New Zealand Spinach

New Zealand spinach makes an interesting alternative to ordinary spinach. As with ordinary spinach, the leaves are eaten. They taste like spinach leaves.

In hot weather, it is easier to grow New Zealand spinach than to grow ordinary spinach.

New Zealand spinach grows better on dry soil than ordinary spinach does.

If New Zealand spinach is exposed to frost, it will not grow, so if you would like a supply of this plant to be available for use by the beginning of the summer, sow seeds under glass around the end of March.

Around the end of May, you can place the plants in pots, with one plant in each pot, and then set the plants outside.

As an alternative, you can wait until the beginning of May and sow the seeds outdoors.

When the plants are set outside, they should be placed in rows that are 3 feet apart, with the plants 2 feet apart from one another.

If the soil is good, they will fill up the space quickly.

Each New Zealand spinach plant will grow several spreading stems, which have side shoots.

The plants will grow many small, fleshy, thick leaves.

They can grow to a length of up to 3 feet if their growth is not checked.

D o not allow them to become overcrowded, because overcrowding stunts the growth of the plants.

New Zealand spinach grows quickly over the summer.

The plants should be watered often, with an abundant amount of water, but otherwise do not need much care.

When you pick the leaves, pick them one at a time, stripping them off the stem. This will allow the shoots to keep growing.