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467 - Spinach
Matador
Fast-growing variety that
over winters well. Large
leaves rich in vitamin C
and iron should be eaten
young. The smell of spinach
wards off pests! After
harvesting, spinach roots
should be left in the soil
since they improve it.
469 - Spinach
Norvakr
Fast-growing variety that
winters well. Large leaves
rich in vitamin C and iron
should be picked until
they are soft.
461 - New Zealand
Spinach
Excellent spinach for
spring, summer and
autumn use.
483 - Swiss Chard
White Silver
Dark green leaves have white veins
and stems. The stems and veins are
used in the same way as asparagus,
and the leaves just like spinach for
the preparation of salads, soups and
side-dishes. Mangold contains large
quantities of vitamins A and C, potassium,
manganese, iron and calcium.
Spinach
Leaf vegetable
No. of seeds per gram: 90-110
Seed quantity for sowing: 15-30 kg/ha; 300 g/100 m 2
Seed germinates:
8-15 days
Sowing time:
March-April and August-September
Planting distance:
10 x 30 cm
Harvest time:
October-June
Content:
Provitamin A, vitamins B, vitamin C, vitamin E, calcium, magnesium, manganese,
copper, iron, potassium, fibrins
Therapeutic effects:
Useful advice:
Chard
Protects all corporal mucous membranes, strengthens the immune system, prevents
and heals intestine laziness and constipation, stimulates the digestion of carbohydrates,
tranquilizes the nervous system, takes care of our well-being and prevents tiredness and
inactivity, takes care of healthy skin, hair and fingernails, helps with short-sightedness,
stimulates the creation of bones and strengthens the teeth, helps with the creation of
blood and improves cell breathing, drains water from the body and helps losing weight,
strengthens the sexual desire and the ability to reach the orgasm, as well as strengthens
the sexual power and stimulates the creation of hormones of vital importance.
The surplus amounts of nitrates in spinach can be avoided: do not eat the leaf
stems, use young leaves directly from the garden and immediately after it is
plucked, do not heat it again after it is cooked, fertilize it harmoniously, so that
there is enough potassium and chlorine in the soil and not too much of nitrogen.
No. of seeds per gram: 50-70
Seed quantity for sowing: 8-25 kg/ha; 120-150 g/100 m 2
Seed germinates:
12-17 days
Sowing time:
April-August
Planting distance:
30 x 30 cm
Harvest time:
May-March
Content:
Fibrins, complex carbohydrates, calcium, iron, magnesium, vitamin C, carotene.
Therapeutic effects: It stimulates and brings energy, helps with nervousness, eliminates digestion
problems and detoxicates the intestines, lowers the amounts of fat in
the blood, strengthens the immune system, the heart and muscles, protects
corporal mucous membranes, strengthens the bones and teeth, stimulates
blood creation and cell breathing, as well as hormone creation.
13 Vegetable
485 - Swiss Chard Lukullus
Quick growing variety.
Yellow green leaves have
crumpled surface and
white stalks.
484 - Swiss Chard
Riccia Verde Da
Taglio
Upright plant with medium
length leaves which are smooth
and green in colour. The rib is
narrow and light green. Sowing
instructions: Plant seeds from
May-August. Harvest from July-
October in succession 40-50
days after sowing.
485 - Swiss Chard
Rhubarb Chard
Colourful and tasty form of Swiss
Chard with rich ruby-red leaf
stalks and dark greeny purple
foliage. Produces an abundance
of large, tasty leaves and wide
mid-ribs. Cook the succulent midrib
like asparagus and serve with
melted butter. Easier, and some
consider tastier, than spinach.
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