Spinach gardening

Can spinach be grown in pots? mmmmm....
See,why do we grow spinach?
so that we can eat them later?
why do we want to eat spinach on a regular basis?

because they are a SUPERFOOD and a natural diet SOURCE that meets so
many of our nutritional needs-iron,protein,vitamins,fiber all in one
and OH SO SUPERTASTY TOO

But,for spinach to pack such nutrition it needs to grow in NUTRITIOUS
SOIL...much like..in order for a pregnant woman to produce adequate
nutritioius milk, she must first have those fat reserves in her body
which come from eating more than just for herself during herself,for
here and also the fetus and the future breastfeeding newborn.

So,yeah,being a physician like I am, Just will end up quoting MEDICINE
ANALOGIES even in a gardening blog.so,,enjoy my MEDICAL ANALOGIES IF
YOU WILL

coming back to spinach now..

Yeah..for very long now I have been trying to do a MINI GARDEN IN MY
APARTMENT with all recycled products-including the pots I grow the
plants in and the soil which I constantly recharge with my own wet or
biological garbage.

Some herbs seems to be doing okay in a POTTED mini balcony
environment..but I HAVE HAD TOUGH TIMES WITH TRYING TO GROW SPINACH.
I have been trying this mini garden concept ON AND OFF in the past
year in the apartment i currently live in. and I have tried growing
spinach from a preexisting bunch which i denude of bigger leaves and
plant the rest...FAILED THREE TIMES..fourth time now seems to become a
success.

HOW AND WHY?
One little detail about my gardening methods-
I will plant anything into the soil which has a root...and if at all
the plant grows out due to an intact root system fine...If not..then
well,whatever i planted is manure.
speaking of spinach,I buy my spinach bunches from a FARMER'S MARKET
and so,mostly many bunches end up having ROOTS intact on the sale
counter.
I choose bunches with TAP root intact,,and get them home.
All this time my method has been to try to pluck off most leaves and
leave out the smaller ones on the root and stem and plant the whole
lot..
IT WORKS...coz THE NEW SMALLER LEAVES DO START appearing.
All these three times that i failed what I did was OVERWATER the soil
to the point of WATERLOGGING THE SOIL...each day
till finally THE STEM ROTS and the plant dies...

hmmmmm.
So, now..I UNDERWATER THE SPINACH POT and for the first time and upon
my THIRD/4th attempt to grown spinach...NEW SMALL leaves HAVE appeared
again all over again..
NOW, I MUST RESIST THE TEMPTATION to overwater and WATERLOG THE
SURFACE SOIL...wait...REFRAIN and
I am serious about this..
I WANT A SPINACH PLANT IN MY HOUSE...I WANT IT TO GROW AND THRIVE...
I WANT TO GET BETTER AT GARDENING and i am LEARNING ON MY
OWN...without books,gardening blogs or anything else...
I am doing this with just my intelligence and my high school botany
knowledge to go by and I am applying my MEDICAL DEGREE analogies into
gardening too!
HAPPY GARDENING EVERYONE!
I am doing my own research and am GOING TO DEVELOP MY OWN METHODS and
then teach everyone? A true daughter of LEONARDO DA VINCI AND MADAM
CURIE....:))))
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