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Red Orach (Atriplex hortensis) seeds

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The Red Orach (Atriplex Hortensis) is a very impressive and decorative vegetable plant. Because of its high growth and the great bright red colouring of the leaves, stalks, and blossoms, it rather looks like a decorative plant than like a leaf vegetable variety.
The orach generally belongs to the old vegetable varieties or also to the rediscovered vegetable rarities. There's documentary proof of its cultivation in the Central European region as early as around 800 AC in the bequest of Charlemagne and slightly later also with Hildegard von Bingen.

What's harvested is the leaves that can either be eaten raw as a salad or boiled like spinach. With its entry into the vegetable garden in the 16th century, spinach was substantially involved in why orach has been forgotten. Nevertheless, its leaves taste more tender and milder and it's much more vigorous and more fertile.
The orach doesn't only appeal to the kitchen but is also quite noteworthy as a medicinal plant, dye plant, and biomass supplier.

Plant description

Lifecycle:	Annual
Flowering months:	July August September
Flower colour:	Green
Special features:	Needs cold to germinate Open-pollinated
Species:	Amaranthaceae

Growing advice

Sowing depth:	1 cm
When to sow outdoors:	February March April May June July August
Germination time:	1-2 weeks
Germination temperature:	10-18°C
Planting distance:	15 cm
Row spacing:	40 cm
Bad companion plants:	Chard Beetroot Guter Heinrich
Sunlight:	Shade Full sun

Sowing period: As early as possible outdoors when the soil is still open. This is mostly the case from March. Until August, you can resow monthly.
Sowing depth: 1-2 cm in rows or broadcast. Only work in flat.
Ideal germination temperature: The orach already germinates at very low temperatures.
Row spacing: 40 cm
Planting distance: 35 x 15 cm
Location: Loves sunny locations but also tolerates half-shade
Soil: The orach is very undemanding and prospers on all soils, even on salty ones.
Care: Needs little nutrients, likes it continuously moist. Regular hoeing of the seedlings promotes growth
Harvest: 3-5 weeks after sowing if the plants have reached a minimum height of 20-30 cm by then. Either harvest the complete plant or pluck single leaves when the plant is larger. During the heyday, the plant loses taste and the leaves turn coarser. By cutting back radically to the lowest leaves, new growth can be forced and a new harvest is possible after approximately 4 weeks.
Once plucked, the leaves only last a few hours until they wilt. Therefore, they should be consumed very fast. Alternatively, the leaves of the orach can be frozen like spinach.
Family: Amaranths (Amaranthaceae)

Other names

Botanical name:	Atriplex hortensis, A. acuminata, A. rubra, Chenopodium benghalense
German names:	Spanischer Salat, Spanischer Spinat, Orache, Molkenkraut, Maiflitsch
French names:	Arroche, Arroche des Jardins, Arroche Cultivée, Arronse, Belle-Dame, Bonne-Dame, Chou D’amour, Épinard Géant, Faux Épinard, Érode, Folette
English names:	Garden Orache, Mountain Spinach, French Spinach, Orache, Arrach
Spanish names:	Armoles, Armuelle, Armuelle de Huerta, Armuelles, Armuelles Blancos, Armuelles Cultivados, Armuelles de Huerta, Armuelles de Zorra, Armuelles Domésticos, Armuelles Silvestres, Bledos Moles, Bledos Reales Colorados, Cogolletes, Espinaca de Carne, Ramos de Coral
Italian names:	Atreplice degli Orti, Bietolone Rosso