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SeedStepsYour vegetable garden, one step at a time.My gardenThis leafy vegetable fills the warm season, when ordinary spinach can be difficult. Botanically it is a different species from Spinacia oleracea.
This image was created with AI from described plant characteristics and growing advice. It shows a possible situation and is not a photograph of a verified cultivar.
This growing advice helps you choose. Your variety, growth stage, weather and conditions in your space determine the actual timing.
Start under cover in warmth · New Zealand spinach
From AprilStart indoors in warmth and reserve enough bright space for raising plants.
This is a frost-sensitive summer leafy vegetable, not winter-hardy spinach.
De Bolster · Nieuw-Zeelandse spinazie ↗Nederlandse producent of teeltbron; de rasinstructie blijft leidend.
De Bolster · Nieuw-Zeelandse spinazie zaden en teelt ↗Nederlandse producent of teeltbron; de rasinstructie blijft leidend.
Guideline periods for the Netherlands and Flanders. Check the variety, available light, soil and measured temperatures. Greenhouse heating does not guarantee enough winter light.
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This image was created with AI from described plant characteristics and growing advice. It shows a possible situation and is not a photograph of a verified cultivar.
This leafy vegetable fills the warm season, when ordinary spinach can be difficult. Botanically it is a different species from Spinacia oleracea.
Choose this species for summer leaves and repeated tip picking. Its spreading form needs more space than densely sown spinach.
The source gives no separate variety aroma. The name supports similar kitchen use, not botanical equivalence with ordinary spinach.
This flavour description applies to the crop; there is no separate tasting result for this variety.Use leaves and tender tips in cooking. The spreading plant lets you gather a meal-sized picking.
Start under cover in warm conditions and allow for slow, irregular germination. Plant outdoors only when frost is no immediate threat.
Pinch soft tips to encourage branching. Leave enough leaves for continued growth and avoid tough stem portions.
Read the source notes →From a garden bed to a suitable pot or support: give your plant a place that suits your garden and the care you can provide.
This image was created with AI from described plant characteristics and growing advice. It shows a possible situation and is not a photograph of a verified cultivar.
Start in warmth; plant with space after frost risk; pinch soft tips for new branching.
For a summer leaf crop with room for widely spreading stems.
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This image was created with AI from described plant characteristics and growing advice. It shows a possible situation and is not a photograph of a verified cultivar.
Choose a wide, free-draining container; give the spreading plant space; pick soft tips and keep moisture even.
For an accessible summer trial with shoots spreading around the rim.
Tick off your supplies →New Zealand spinach: This leaf vegetable fills the warm season when ordinary spinach can struggle. Botanically different from Spinacia oleracea. Cook leaves and tender tips. The spreading plant lets you gather a meal-sized portion.
The source gives no separate variety aroma. The name supports similar kitchen use, not botanical equivalence with ordinary spinach.
New Zealand spinach is Tetragonia tetragonioides, not ordinary spinach. Broadly spreading stems carry fleshy triangular leaves. The name mainly describes leaf-vegetable use. Choose for summer leaves and visibly plan its spread from the beginning.
The species likes warmth and sun and is frost-sensitive. Broad beds or spacious containers allow runners. Do not confine it to a narrow gap because a seedling seems small. Consider neighbours and where stems may later spread.
De Bolster recommends warm starting from April and outdoor planting after cold spring weather. Germination can be slow. Label pots clearly and keep packets handy. Assess emergence before refilling everything. Calm, identifiable starts ease selecting good plants later.
Spreading stems give most width. Containers need root space and drainage; beds need room around seedlings. The producer gives about fifty centimetres spacing. Use this to start, then observe how shoots actually cover available soil.
Picking young tips can encourage branching. Follow not just stem length but also where new leaves appear after harvest. In a container, root-zone moisture checks remain necessary even when long shoots cover the pot rim. Make an accessible watering point so you need not repeatedly work through the foliage.
A summer bed gives spreading stems a clear position; a broad container allows a smaller trial near home. In both, show growth across ground or edges. This illustrates the crop more honestly than a small upright seedling alone.
Take young shoots and leaves in small portions and leave enough growth. For a first trial, place a young tip alongside older leaves to compare the fleshy texture. A harvest note of your own then records which stage you prefer. You need not promise a fixed yield to make growing it useful as a summer vegetable.
The producer describes firm leaves for cooking. Briefly fry a first portion without many other vegetables obscuring taste. Spinach comparisons guide use but prove no variety difference. Record harvest stage and method to repeat the experience.
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SeedSteps editorial team · updated on 11 October 2026. The AI images illustrate species and practical growing situations; they do not prove an exact cultivar, observations from your own garden or yield.
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Supporting evidence by chapter: Choose by flavour, shape and use: Feggies. A summer leafy vegetable with runners: Feggies, De Bolster, De Bolster. Warmth and room to spread: Feggies, De Bolster, De Bolster. A slow start can take time: Feggies, De Bolster, De Bolster. A permanent root position, broad top growth: Feggies, De Bolster, De Bolster. Assess tips and growth together: Feggies, De Bolster, De Bolster. Summer bed or wide container: Feggies, De Bolster, De Bolster. Young tips remain the starting point: Feggies, De Bolster, De Bolster. Firm leaves for cooking: Feggies, De Bolster, De Bolster.