1. Best Sowing Time:

Throughout the year. Best grown in winter.

2. Soil Temprature:

Optimal soil temperature: 8-25°C (30-70°F). Seeds should germinate in 10-15 days.

3. Steps for Seed Sowing Method:

• Select a container with uniform drainage holes at the bottom. .
• Fill the container with selected growing medium. .
• Sow 2 seeds at the centre of the pot.

Spacing:
• Make shallow holes (1 cm) at a distance of 3 x 3 inches throughout the surface of soil medium.
• Sow 2-3 seeds per hole.
• Push the seeds little in the soil medium with your fingers & cover them completely with the surrounding soil.
• Water the sown seed bed immediately by a light shower with a watering can.

4. Growth Steps of Spinach Plants

• Germination: Seeds will germinate within first six days or even much earlier & tiny seedlings will be visible with first leaves. .
• Thinning: If more than one seed has germinated per hole, cut off the smaller seedlings & only keep one seedling per hole.Baby spinach plants will be visible in 10-15 days.Mature leaves will be ready to harvest in 30 days.

5. How to Take Care For Spinach Plants

• Sunlight: Spinach requires partial sunlight (3-4 hours) in summer & it can withstand full sunlight in winters. So place your containers accordingly. .
• Watering: Water your spinach container / raised bed every day in the form of a light shower with a watering can. Sprinklers can be placed outdoors.
• Microgreens: If you plan to grow microgreens spinach. Grow it indoors in flat containers. Sow-scatter the seeds in a crowded manner. You can harvest it in 10-15 days by uprooting baby plants.
• Harvesting: About 30 days after sowing, Spinach can be harvested by cutting the mature leaves using a scissor and leaving the tender growing base of the plant for the next harvest. This way you can collect for 4-5 times at intervals of 25-30 days.