New Zealand spinach – durable summer harvest all season long

New Zealand spinach – durable summer harvest all season long
Tetragonia tetragonoides

An easy-to-grow and heat-tolerant leafy vegetable that provides a bountiful harvest all summer long – perfect as a replacement for regular spinach when the weather gets hot. 'New Zealand' is nutritious, cold-tolerant at first and drought-tolerant later , and the leaves are used just like spinach: lightly cooked, in soups, stews or blanched and frozen .

Harvest leaves gradually over several months. Grows best in partial shade with a steady supply of water and nutrients.

Cultivation & Care:

• Sowing period: April–August, directly on the growing site

• Sowing depth: 1–2 cm

• Germination time: 5–10 days

• Preparation: Lime the soil if necessary

• Location: Not too sunny – preferably partial shade

• Plant distance: 40 cm

• Row spacing: 50 cm

• Height: approx. 40–50 cm

• Growth habit: Freestanding and widespread

• Harvest: June–September – pick leaves continuously

• Scientific name: Tetragonia tetragonoides

• The seed packet is enough for: about 7–8 meters of growing row

• Color: Green