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Show SPINACH IS ADAPTED FOR EVERY LOCALITY Plant Requires Rich Soil and Stands Cold Well. Seed Bed Should Be Spaded and Quantity Quan-tity of Well-Rotted Manure Worked In It Is Best for Use While Young and Tender. (Prepared by the United Suites Department Depart-ment of Agriculture.) Well-grown spinuch is one of the best early spring and late fall greens that can be raised In the garden. Spinach Spin-ach Is adapted for growing in practically practi-cally every locality, requires a rich, soil, stands cold as well or better than does lettuce, but does not do well during dur-ing the hot part of the summer. United Uni-ted States Department of Agriculture garden specialists suggest one or two plantings in the early spring, just as soon as the danger of severe frost is past, and a planting late in the summer sum-mer for fall use. Throughout the I m 1 i , - " ti Is - w- N U vA r tji Splendid Patch of Spinacn. South spinach can be planted in Oc tober and remain in the open ground all winter,. For growing spinach In the home garden a bed about 5 feet in width and 25 or 30 feet in length should be spaced spac-ed and a quantity of well-rotted manure ma-nure worked into the top 3 inches of soil. Three pounds of commercial fertilizer fer-tilizer should also be scattered - over the surface and well worked into the soil. Six or eight ounces of seed will he sufficient for this space. Sow In little drills or furrows running lengthwise length-wise of the bed, the rows to be about 6 or 7 inches apart. The seed shirald be covered inch deep and the soil slightly firmed over it. Watering may be necessary if the weather should be extremely dry following the plarting of the spinach seed. Spinach grows quickly and requires very little cultivation, except to loosen the soil a trifle between the rows and keep weeds from getting a start. If the plants are too thick that Is, crowd each othc.' they can be thinned out and those removed in thinning cooked for greens. The plants left will then have room to grow larger. Spinach Spin-ach is very desiracle as an early spring green, as it contains plenty of Iron and other mineral matter. It should always al-ways be used while young and tender. |
