Spinach. should i move it?

demented_2

Hi this is going to sound like a silly question, but hey ho i will ask anyway.
I am running out of space on the lotty and want to plant some courgette plants, the spot that i would like to plant them in has some spinach growing on it already could i dig up the year old spinach plants and replant them somewhere else, the only spare bit of lotty that i have left to use is in shade for 3/4 of the day, i know that spinach will tolerate some shade so thought that if it can be moved i would replant it there and the courgette plants could then be in the sun where the Spinach is Phew rambling or what. Is this a good idea or not. Any advice please

Lotus-eater

I presume you mean perpetual spinach. the roots on it are really deep, I've never tried moving it before, I suspect it might work.
It's probably time to sow some more anyway if it's that old.

demented_2

Thank you Lotus-Eater for your advice, i think that i will do just that, move it and then sow some more next to it. Its such a shame that i planted too many spuds and then run out of ground. Courgettes are so expensive so i do like to have some in the ground. Off to the lotty right now. Thanks again.:)

Primrose

I've never tried transplanting mature spinach but have done so with Swiss chard which is a similar plant, when it was still growing in Spring and I wanted the space for something else. Yes, the roots go very deep and you will almost certainly find that even if you dig a deep trench for it and water it in well, many of the leaves will wilt back and probably die. However, with Swiss Chard (and I imagine with spinch too), once it's recovered from its sulk you will get some fresh young leaves growing until it goes to seed.