Spinach Riccio d'Asti is a variety of spinach that will produce good fleshy, curly leaves that are very dark green and on the smaller side (when compared to other varieties) which makes it a good choice when wanting to harvest just leaves and not the whole plant. Another plus is that it is very slow to bolt.

The seeds can be sown at two period during the year, February - April (to harvest April - June) and September - October (to harvest October - December).

SOW: February - April and September - October direct into plot
QUANTITY: Each packet contains around 600 seeds (enough for 20m2)
TRANSPLANT: n/a
DISTANCE: Broadcast in continous rows with each row around 30cm apart.
HARVEST: April - June and October - December.

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