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Orach, Red leaves

Atriplex hortensis rubra
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Your great-grandmother probably cultivated this orache and it remains a valuable leafy green today. Unfortunately, spinach has replaced it in markets, but it ads so much texture and variety to the table. Today, garden lovers keeps cultivating and enjoying it. This orache adorns the table and displays with its intense red leaves. The leaves are rich in iron, calcium and vitamin A.

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Product number AA-2280-00
Content in grams 0.82
Content in seeds 166.00
Content in m2 2.00
Family Amaranthaceae
Thousand-seeds weight (TKW) 4.9 grams
Seeds per gram 203.1
Growing instructions

Sow from April directly into the garden bed in rows 40 cm apart. It grows quickly and effortlessly to one or two meters high. Use the young shoots and small leaves in salads, cooked like spinach, steamed, or sauteéd with oil. It has a long harvest season from June to October. It gives a bountiful yield.

Growing calendar
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Sow
Harvest
Height
200 cm
Planting distance
3 x 40 cm
Sowing depth
1 cm
Germination duration
14 days
Fertilization need
Water need
Soil Type
All soil types
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