Orache: 21 good and bad companion plants, sowing

Other names

mountain spinach, French spinach

Botanical name

Atriplex hortensis

Family / Genus

Amaranthaceae / Atriplex

Plant category

Leafy Vegetables

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Facts and figures

Light requirements

Sun / partial shade

Nutrient requirements

Light feeder

Difficulty level

Easy

Culture (according to Gertrud Franck)

C - low growth, short growing period

Culture (according to Sister C. Weinrich)

Companion crop

Row spacing

35 cm

Plant spacing

15 cm

Growth height

120 - 250 cm

Sowing depth

2 cm

Germination temperature (minimum)

3 °C

Germination temperature (optimal)

10 - 15 °C

Germination type

Light

Planting & harvest times of Orache

Direct sowing

Harvest

Direct sowing from Early March to Early September. Harvest begins around Early April and continues until Early October.

Good and bad companions of Orache

Good neighbours

Lollo biando / Lollo rosso

Very bad neighbours

Predecessors and successors of Orache

Good predecessors

Cucumber

Very bad predecessors

Good successors

Lollo biando / Lollo rosso

Bad successors

Very bad successors

Crop rotation

What stood on that bed three years ago is hard to recall come spring. grove remembers. Once you have planned with it for a few seasons it knows your beds and warns you as you plant when a growing break is still running. The other way round, grove points you to the spots where Orache fits particularly well right now.

Before Orache, grove suggests Cucumber good. After it come Tomato good, Butterhead lettuce good or Lollo biando / Lollo rosso good, among others.

Spinach very poor, Beetroot very poor and Swiss chard very poor may only return to the same spot after 3 years. grove still remembers that three years from now.

And as soon as next year is planned, the Garden Fairy looks for the right green manure for the cold season in between all by itself. How the Garden Fairy works

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