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Spinach to grow again

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  Posted by hereisabee (U2342191) on Wednesday, 20th April 2011

  Last autumn my sister gave me a garden center, polystyrene tray, of hardy spinach plants. Not expecting them to survive, I planted them on the allotment in some enriched soil and forgot about them. Unprotected they survived the winter and have been growing strongly this spring, I have already had several pickings.
  
  
  
  So I would like to recommend them but I have lost record of the variety, has anyone else had similar success and which variety did you use?
  

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  Posted by Italophile (U12516505) on Thursday, 21st April 2011

  It looks to me like Warrigal Greens. Not actually a spinach but a very hardy substitute. It's native to New Zealand and is sometimes called New Zealand spinach. It will tolerate much tougher weather conditions than traditional spinach. I grew some in Sydney where it was way too warm for traditional spinach.
  
  Here's an image of Warrigal Greens, see what you think:
  
  

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  Posted by hereisabee (U2342191) on Thursday, 21st April 2011

  Thanks, although I think the leaves are not so spear shaped on my plants. Talking to my sister last night, she said they were called 'babyleaf spinach' so am looking through the seed catalogues for possibles such as this one.
  
  

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