Verdil
Variety
Verdil
Approved Data
created by Marielena 🌱 at 10.07.2019
Season Overview
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Description
Very rapid growth with large, strong leaves, forms beautiful rosettes with medium green color. For fall and overwintering cultivation. For spring cultivation only conditionally suitable. Very characteristic leaf shape with spikes at the lower end. Particularly aromatic, so best for preparing your spinach salad.
Non hybrid
Frostproof
Growing tips
Late sowings from September overwinter until harvest in the spring. The plants overwinter best with 2 - 4 foliage leaves.
Details
Light requirement
Shady
Water requirement
Wet
Soil
Light (sandy)
Nutrient requirement
Medium
Plant distance
10 cm
Row spacing
25 cm
Seeding depth
3 cm
Companion Plants
Aubergine / Eggplant
Bean (Broad bean / Faba bean / Field bean)
Bean (Dwarf bean)
Bean (Runner bean)
Black salsify
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage (Cabbage)
Cabbage (Savoy cabbage)
Cauliflower
Celery (Celeriac / Celery root)
Celery (Celery)
Chives
Collard greens (Kale)
Collard greens (Tuscan kale / Dinosaur kale / Palm tree kale)
Common marigold
Kohlrabi / German turnip / Turnip cabbage
Lettuce (Lettuce)
Lettuce (Radicchio / Italian chicory)
Miner's lettuce / Indian lettuce / Winter purslane
Napa cabbage / Chinese cabbage
Oregano
Pak Choi
Pea
Physalis
Potato
Radish
Radishes
Rhubarb
Rutabaga / Swedish turnip
Soybean
Strawberry
Turnip
Antagonistic Plants
Diseases
Downy mildew
Pests
Land snails
Beet fly
