Perpetual Spinach

[watervole]

I should have said perpetual spinach yesterday instead of New Zealand Spinach.  The two are different (I couldn't find the seed packet)  I need to get some seeds....

It has a long cropping period.

When we took over our allotment, it was the only plant there (the previous plot holder had left it in really good condition, covered up beds with black

Comments

[sammason]

Do I understand you right? I think the plant you describe is in fact Perpetual Spinach aka Leaf Beet. I've just goofled 'New Zealand Spinach' and found lots of crops with spinach-like leaves but I'm inclined to stay with the Perpetual one because I know that it grows well here in Yorkshire.

[watervole]

Yes, should be perpetual spinach. I'm not quite sure why I thought it was New Zealand spinach - when I check, that crops at a different time of year.

My spinach is okay to pick now.