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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: Gill_Bell on June 15, 2010, 16:54

Title: spinach
Post by: Gill_Bell on June 15, 2010, 16:54

Hello
Perhaps someone can suggest why my spinach seedlings are just standing in a sulk about 4ins high and not growing? They were sowed in my greenhouse and hardened off and planted out several weeks ago, but no lovely new leaves. Any ideas?

Title: Re: spinach
Post by: JayG on June 15, 2010, 17:07

Give them a boost with a liquid feed; something like Miracle Grow would be ideal as it is fairly high in nitrogen.  :)

Title: Re: spinach
Post by: Gill_Bell on June 16, 2010, 12:06

Thanks I will try this

Title: Re: spinach
Post by: aelf on June 16, 2010, 15:34

my first sowing of spinach came to nothing (sown direct in March, as usual) but my replacement sowing done 10 days ago are romping away  :) perhaps we shall have spinach for tea after all :tongue2:

I've never started spinach in the greenhouse before, didn't know you could - maybe they don't like being transplanted?

Title: Re: spinach
Post by: Gill_Bell on June 21, 2010, 17:48

I sow all my seeds in the greenhouse as I have problems with slugs and snails and cats and squirrels  so if they abit bigger when they have to brave nature they stand a better chance.
The spinach is now growing but would hardly say romping unfortunately. Trying new direct sowings under half plastic bottles