Comments on: Growing New Zealand Spinach https://growagoodlife.com/growing-new-zealand-spinach/ Grow, preserve, and savor fresh organic food with our vegetable gardening tips and recipes. Thu, 14 Jul 2022 15:51:12 +0000 hourly 1 By: Penelope https://growagoodlife.com/growing-new-zealand-spinach/comment-page-1/#comment-39114 Sat, 27 Jun 2020 03:13:05 +0000 https://growagoodlife.com/?p=110#comment-39114 In reply to Margaret.

I planted 9 seeds outdoors in a dishpan full o soil. (CA central coast). I planted it 6/15 & 5 seeds came up in 8 days. Each “seed” that I planted was really a dried-out, irregularly shaped thingey . One thingey sprouted 4 plants & the others fewer plants. The old packet I got them from said “sell by 2018.” Didn’t specify botanical name– just repeated New Zealand Spinach in Spanish. It cost 50 cents, was marked American Seed Co.

]]> By: ©Rachel Arsenault https://growagoodlife.com/growing-new-zealand-spinach/comment-page-1/#comment-38696 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 11:39:27 +0000 https://growagoodlife.com/?p=110#comment-38696 In reply to Jason.

Jason, I have read that New Zealand Spinach can be a bit invasive in certain areas, but isn’t it wonderful to have a great food source to forage for?

]]> By: Jason https://growagoodlife.com/growing-new-zealand-spinach/comment-page-1/#comment-38681 Mon, 06 Apr 2020 07:46:15 +0000 https://growagoodlife.com/?p=110#comment-38681 I’m from nz and love this spinach it grows commonly in very rugged coastal areas all over but cultivated in a vege garden the leaves are much bigger and infinitely better. This is one of the most salt and coastal hardy plants I know of where 120kmh winds happen several times a year. Reading an old gardening book I read that it also contains an unusual b vitamin.
Thanks for this wonderful website

]]> By: ©Rachel Arsenault https://growagoodlife.com/growing-new-zealand-spinach/comment-page-1/#comment-7991 Mon, 06 Jun 2016 21:02:13 +0000 https://growagoodlife.com/?p=110#comment-7991 In reply to Mary.

Mary, It is probably done. Once a plant begins to flower, it usually changes the way the foliage tastes. However, you can collect the seeds and plant more.

]]> By: Mary https://growagoodlife.com/growing-new-zealand-spinach/comment-page-1/#comment-7990 Mon, 06 Jun 2016 18:30:38 +0000 https://growagoodlife.com/?p=110#comment-7990 I planted NZ spinach last year. It survived the winter just fine in a big pot on the deck, even through freezing (not just frosty) temps (Puget Sound, zone 8). I’ve been harvesting it sporadically all spring. I thought it was a true perennial and that I would get to enjoy it for years to come. Now I wish I hadn’t let it go to seed. I was just going to ask you what to expect next. Do you think if I cut off the flower stalks and keep it watered I might get some more leaves out of it, or is it probably done? Thanks for the heads up on the germination issue. I don’t remember it being a problem last year, direct sown into the pot in the summer sometime, bit if I try some again it will be good to know.

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