With the arrival of September, Portuguese vegetable gardens enter a new phase after the intense summer heat. This is the ideal time to sow spinach, taking advantage of the milder temperatures and soils that still retain some of the accumulated heat. Cooler nights create particularly favorable conditions for growing this autumn vegetable.
Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) is a herbaceous plant belonging to the amaranth family. Although it can be grown at different times of the year, this crop shows better conditions for development when exposed to mild temperatures, making September a favorable month for its cultivation in Portugal.
This vegetable is characterized by having a relatively rapid growth cycle and being well adapted to Portuguese territory conditions. With temperatures beginning to drop slowly, spinach finds in September's climatic conditions the ideal environment to grow and fill gardens with green across the country.
