Growing in Marble Bar

Best time to plant spinach in Marble Bar

Spinacia oleracea

Sow spinach in Marble Bar in Mar to Oct.

Spinach is a leafy annual, occasionally biennial, that stays fairly small at up to 30 cm. Its leaves are eaten fresh or cooked or kept by canning, freezing or drying, and the taste changes noticeably with cooking. Big leaves sit low on the plant, with smaller ones up the flowering stem.

When to sow in Marble Bar

Marble Bar, WA is in the arid zone. Its months for spinach apply here without a frost adjustment.

Broadly matches local guides, with some differences.

Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.

Frost in Marble Bar

Marble Bar frosts in fewer than 1 year in 10, so frost doesn't hold back any planting here.

From its Bureau of Meteorology station, 1991 to 2020, counting a night at 2°C or lower as a frost. Frost hollows and hillsides can shift these dates by weeks, so ask the growers at your garden too.

On a shared plot: suits a plot

Finishes in a season and stays within its space, so it suits most plots.

Growing details

How to start
Sow directly in the bed
Sowing depth
12mm
Plant spacing
20cm
Row spacing
30cm
Height
15cm
Germination
About 14 days
Time to harvest
50 days from sowing
Frost
Hardy, takes a light frost
Sun
Full sun
Life cycle
annual

These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.

Spinach elsewhere

Spinach across Australia