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🥕 New Zealand Spinach

Tetragonia tetragonioides
vegetables Annual Aizoaceae
☀️ Sun
Full Sun
💧 Water
Low to Moderate
🗺️ Zones
3-10
🧪 Soil pH
6.0-7.0
🪴 Soil Type
Well-draining, sandy
🚿 Drainage
Well-drained
📏 Spacing
18-24 in
📐 Height
12-24 in (sprawling)

🤝 Companions (2)

🤝 Corn
Trailing groundcover beneath tall corn
🤝 Pepper
Heat-loving groundcover for peppers

⚠️ Keep Apart (3)

⚠️ Fennel
Allelopathic - may inhibit growth
⚠️ Mint
Aggressive mint competes for resources
⚠️ Walnut
Susceptible to juglone toxicity from walnut trees

📝 Growing Notes

Heat-loving spinach alternative that never bolts. Trailing habit - good ground cover. Blanch leaves to remove oxalates.

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Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Johnny's Selected Seeds Botanical Interests True Leaf Market Burpee Territorial Seed Company

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