Shrinking Spinach

[CaraFlower]

If the soil is too damp though, there won't be enough air in the soil which will be affecting the (benefiticial) micro-bacteria levels. It is hard to tell from the picture, but my plants haven' t ever really liked the conditions that promote the green mould. I wouldn't have thought the netting would deplete the air flow that much, so possibly the soil needs tweaking.

[Marb67]

Perhaps dig them up, give the soil a good airing and replant ? It shouldn't be compact because its mainly new compost mixed with some peralite.

[forgetmenot]

my spinach had some similar crinkled up leaves. Just the big ones, not the smaller inner ones. I snipped them all off and when I examined them i noticed black fly in the crinkly bits on the underneath of the leaf.

I don't keep my soil particularly wet, a little damp, water every few days. The green mould in your pic does suggest that you are keeping the watering too frequent.

[CaraFlower]

I am associating the crinkled deformed leaves on my chilli with the aphids hidden there. It is hard sometimes to narrow something down though, because it might be a combination of factors.

[Marb67]

Now the leaves are going yellow. Can't be too much nitrogen. Why does everything always go wrong :-(

[bario1]

It's too hot for spinach now, try again in late summer for an Autumn crop.

[Marb67]

It isn't too hot now and the spot in my garden is semi shade so why are they going yellow ? That's nothing to do with being too hot.

[bario1]

Well maybe it's day length or something. Basically spinach doesn't do well in high summer, so if it's not doing well now it ain't gonna. Mine was a disaster too, so you're not alone. I'm just trying to help mate.

[Marb67]

I appreciate that but it's so damn hard to grow, and even when growing it's very very slow.

[Marb67]

Well there you are. Another disaster to tick off the list this year. A good start and then just decline. I know you can grow spinnach this time of year bcause Sean on the allotment chanel has just sown some. I just get so despondant with this, especially when I prepare new raised beds and do everything by the book. Just one plant left and no new seedlings have come up this time.

[Zelenina]

Now the leaves are going yellow. Can't be too much nitrogen. Why does everything always go wrong :-(

It could well be too much nitrogen, Marb.

"Too much nitrogen present in the soil can be just as harmful to plants as too little. When there is high nitrogen in soil, plants may not produce flowers or fruit. As with nitrogen deficiency in plants, the leaves may turn yellow and drop. Too much nitrogen can result in plant burning, which causes them to shrivel and die. It can also cause excess nitrate to leach into groundwater."

Tht's a quote from Gardening Know How: Understanding Nitrogen Requirements For Plants Understanding Nitrogen Requirements For Plants - Gardening Know How

...and do everything by the book.

Which book is that? Maybe you need to throw it out and get a better one.