Spinach can be grown throughout the year, but grows best in winter. Seeds are sown directly in raised beds or containers with a soil mixture of garden soil, organic manure, coco-peat, and vermicompost. Seeds are planted in shallow holes 6 inches apart and watered daily. Spinach matures within 30 days and can be harvested by cutting mature leaves while leaving the growing base. The instructions provide guidance on sunlight, watering, manuring, plant care, and harvesting spinach over multiple cycles. Microgreens can also be grown by sowing seeds indoors and harvesting the baby plants within 10-15 days.

1. Ugaoo seed sowing
Instructions
Leafy Vegetables: Spinach

2. Pictures of Spinach growing on raised beds
& in containers

3. • Sowing season: Throughout the year. Best grown in winter.
• Sowing method: Seeds are sown directly on raised beds or in containers.
• Harvesting: Within 30 days
• Growing container: Shallow container with minimum depth of 6 inches &
bigger spread area(according to available space & your requirement) like
Trays or crates.
• Growing medium:
• 2 part garden soil & 1 part any organic manure or
• 1 part garden soil, 1 part coco-peat & 1 part Vermicompost.
2 part
garden soil
1 part any
organic manure
1 part
garden soil
1 part
coco-peat
1 part
vermicompost

4. Shallow container filled with Pot
mixture or soil

5. Steps for seed sowing

6. 1. Spacing: Make very shallow holes (1 cm) with distance of 6 x 6
inches apart by finger throughout the surface of soil medium.
2. Sow 2-3 seeds per hole.
3. Push the seeds little bit in soil medium with your fingers & cover
them all with surrounding soil.
4. Water the sown seed bed immediately by light shower with
watering can.
Steps for seed sowing

7. Growth Stages
1.Germination:
Seeds will germinate within first 6 days or even much
earlier & tiny seedlings will be visible with first leaves.
2.Thinning:
If more than one seed has germinated per hole, cut off
the smaller seedlings & only keep one seedling per hole.
3.Baby Spinach:
Plants will be seen in 10-15 days.
4.Mature Leaves:
Will be ready to harvest in 30 days.

8. Growing Instructions
Sunlight: Spinach requires partial sunlight (3-4 hours) in summer & it
can withstand full sunlight in winters. Place your containers
accordingly.
Watering technique: Water your spinach container / raised bed every
day in the form of light shower with watering. Sprinklers can be
placed outdoors.
Manuring: As mentioned earlier, add good quality organic manure in
the soil with 2:1 ratio before sowing seeds. Organic manure can be
well rotten cow dung manure, farmyard manure, Bio-compost or
Vermicompost

9. Growing Instructions
Plant care: Always look for the early signs of any insect/fungal/
any other infections. Spay appropriate medicines as soon as any
symptoms of such infections are spotted.
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 harvest for 4-5 times in
intervals of 25-30 days.

10. Microgreens
If you plan to grow micro greens spinach. Grow it
indoors in flat containers. Sow-scatter the seeds in
crowded manner. You can harvest it in 10-15 days
by uprooting baby plants.

11. Microgreens

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