"Staycalm" wrote in message
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These have been producing very well the last few weeks and I'd like to
keep them going for as long as I'm able. Should I just keep watering with
some liquid fertiliser periodically? I'm collecting leaves for salads and
stuff every second day atm. How long should I wait before I sew more seeds
for a new crop? Can I keep doing this until the weather changes? I am in
Melbourne.
Thanks

Liz

ime, rocket grows very fast & readily & flowers quickly too, so just sow
more every so often, or pick it more vigorously to put off flowering. you
don't _have_ to re-sow often if you don't want to - you can eat it even when
it's fully flowering, but a lot of people find it too peppery by then. :-)

spinach otoh is slower all around ime. i had some that lasted for absolutely
_ages_, i just picked off the outer leaves as required & they never flowered
(they died of heat instead when hot weather came ;-)). if it's not too hot
for spinach where you are atm, sow again or just try to keep them going,
it's up to you. generally speaking though, spinach gets cranky in summer. i
gave some a go, but it just didn't want to live. i might try again - we're
having a cold snap now g. all around though i find spinach really
temperamental - i'm just hanging out for my ruby chard to get a tiny bit
bigger, & eat the baby leaves of that instead. (i've also ordered n.z.
spinach (warrigal) seeds from digger's, but that's another story).
kylie