Comments on Allotments 4 you: Spinach Beet Blues!!

Rainbow spinach is similar to Swiss Chard - the le...

2012-01-15T12:38:15.080Z

Rainbow spinach is similar to Swiss Chard - the leaves and stalks are various colours - orange, red, green, white, yellow. The leaves are alot bigger than spinach and it's a pick-as-you-eat plant, and I've had more than one season out of a plant. It transplants okay as well.

Thanks so much for your insight into some of the d...

2012-01-15T12:19:55.020Z

Thanks so much for your insight into some of the different spinach types that you've grown...I'm interested to see how you get on with the new one this year too.

I have one packet to try so I will let you know how that goes. I never heard of rainbow spinach before...only the chard. Does it grow pretty much the same way??

I was given some seeds for Christmas - Mr. Fotherg...

2012-01-15T11:38:23.053Z

I was given some seeds for Christmas - Mr. Fothergills Komatsuna (Japanese Spinach Te-suto F1), which I'm keen to see. The picture shows a floppy, yet thickish, leaf and doesn't mention the word beet at all. It says that baby leaves are good for salads and mature can be steamed or stir-fried.

Rainbow spinach is a good one as well, I didn't notice that one being annoying at all. I also didn't have trouble with the Perpetual Spinach (but that did have "beet" on the label).

Do you mean 'beets' as in beetroot?? I did...

2012-01-15T10:34:02.988Z

Do you mean 'beets' as in beetroot?? I did grow this too...and ate the tops as well as the roots.

I guess I never really thought much what it looked like but as the tops bolted they were very woody and stringy...not so nice to eat. i guess the roots could be eaten...I will have a look into it!

I haven't researched spinach beet...maybe it w...

2012-01-15T10:32:11.131Z

I haven't researched spinach beet...maybe it wouldn't have been a bad idea!!

I definitely think you should give spinach another try Ratty.

Looking forward to hearing about what you decide to grow in your garden .

Well definitely for me from now on John.

2012-01-15T10:30:21.348Z

Well definitely for me from now on John.

I guess I'm confused, it looks like you have j...

2012-01-15T03:53:49.468Z

I guess I'm confused, it looks like you have just grown beets and were cutting the greens all summer. (I do love beet greens, so yummy!) I imagine you could peel those roots and cook them up...

I've bought the wrong things like that before....

2012-01-15T03:04:01.755Z

I've bought the wrong things like that before. Just out of curiosity I did a search about spinach beet, but I really didn't find much. I've never really liked regular spinach very much if it's cooked, but my parents love it. I don't mid it raw in a salad. I haven't tried it in a long time though, so maybe it's time to give it another taste. I'm planning on planting a big vegetable garden this spring so I'm beginning to try to decide what exactly I want to plant.

I've never tried to grow spinach and actually ...

2012-01-15T00:41:28.976Z

I've never tried to grow spinach and actually had never had it until I met Wade. He begged me to give it a try when he cooked dinner for me once and I really liked it.

Sounds like one to avoid.

2012-01-14T19:54:45.608Z

Sounds like one to avoid.

I guess it's a great crop if it is really what...

2012-01-14T17:53:46.856Z

I guess it's a great crop if it is really what you want...but it doesn't have the same flavour or texture of actual spinach Jo, that's not to say you wouldn't like it...but if you were going to give it a go I would recommend growing a little in a controlled environment first to save you a lot of hard work of you aren't very keen.

We too were so keen on the taste. Get ready for so...

2012-01-14T17:51:22.156Z

We too were so keen on the taste. Get ready for some deep digging...the tubers under the ground of mine were HUGE!!!

Oh So you're one of those that pulls a face th...

2012-01-14T17:49:58.252Z

Oh So you're one of those that pulls a face then...lol!!

It sounds like a good crop to grow if that's w...

2012-01-14T17:27:01.631Z

It sounds like a good crop to grow if that's what you intend growing, pretty indestructible. I like spinach but I've never grown it, at least I now know what to steer clear of.

I grew spinach beet too this year as I thought it ...

2012-01-14T14:27:30.770Z

I grew spinach beet too this year as I thought it didn't bolt like spinach. As you too found out, it does bolt! I also didn't like the taste of it, so I suppose that I will be digging it all up too!!!

Sorry we don't grow spinach - smacks too much ...

2012-01-14T11:56:53.881Z

Sorry we don't grow spinach - smacks too much of Popeye!