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"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
I planted my spinach and rocket in the NW corner of the garden, with loads
of mulch around and they have been sown very densly. I have been trying to
give them regular doses of liquid fertilizer. They have been going great
guns.
I got given a plant of Warrigal greens for Chrissy! Is it nice to eat?

Liz