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bubbly spinach 0tterbot 10-02-2008
Posted by 0tterbot on October 2, 2008, 6:15 pm
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hello!
having a nice crop of spinach (Spinacia L.) just lately (first time ever!)

it's not a big deal, but i was wondering if anyone knows why some of my
spinach (Spinacia L.) plants get "bubbly" leaves - it's as though the edges of the leaf
stop growing at some point, but the bulk of the leaf continues to expand, so
you get a wavy sort of surface to each leaf on the affected plants. some
plants are like this on every leaf, others not affected at all. the cultivar
is "medina" fwiw.

thanks if anyone knows!

kylie (who is enjoying spring enormously thank you very much).



Posted by Richard Wright on October 2, 2008, 7:26 pm
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>hello!
>having a nice crop of spinach just lately (first time ever!)
>
>it's not a big deal, but i was wondering if anyone knows why some of my
>spinach plants get "bubbly" leaves - it's as though the edges of the leaf
>stop growing at some point, but the bulk of the leaf continues to expand, so
>you get a wavy sort of surface to each leaf on the affected plants. some
>plants are like this on every leaf, others not affected at all. the cultivar
>is "medina" fwiw.
>
>thanks if anyone knows!
>
>kylie (who is enjoying spring enormously thank you very much).
>

I thought that the bubbly leaf is an invariable attribute of the
Silverbeet group of spinaches.

Not, though, of English spinach.

http://www.taste.com.au/how+to/articles/293/spinach

Richard

Posted by 0tterbot on October 3, 2008, 7:50 pm
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>
>>hello!
>>having a nice crop of spinach just lately (first time ever!)
>>
>>it's not a big deal, but i was wondering if anyone knows why some of my
>>spinach plants get "bubbly" leaves - it's as though the edges of the leaf
>>stop growing at some point, but the bulk of the leaf continues to expand,
>>so
>>you get a wavy sort of surface to each leaf on the affected plants. some
>>plants are like this on every leaf, others not affected at all. the
>>cultivar
>>is "medina" fwiw.
>>
>>thanks if anyone knows!
>>
>>kylie (who is enjoying spring enormously thank you very much).
>>
>
> I thought that the bubbly leaf is an invariable attribute of the
> Silverbeet group of spinaches.

it is!

> Not, though, of English spinach.

exactly, it's not! :-) the spinach in question is true spinach, not
silverbeet. (i never worry when the silverbeet goes bubbly).

> http://www.taste.com.au/how+to/articles/293/spinach

... like the lower two in the photograph.
it also occurred to me that the bubbly plants don't grow tall like the
middle bunch there - they stay short & get sort of wide.
thanks!
kylie

>
> Richard



Posted by Richard Wright on October 4, 2008, 3:42 pm
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>>
>>>hello!
>>>having a nice crop of spinach just lately (first time ever!)
>>>
>>>it's not a big deal, but i was wondering if anyone knows why some of my
>>>spinach plants get "bubbly" leaves - it's as though the edges of the leaf
>>>stop growing at some point, but the bulk of the leaf continues to expand,
>>>so
>>>you get a wavy sort of surface to each leaf on the affected plants. some
>>>plants are like this on every leaf, others not affected at all. the
>>>cultivar
>>>is "medina" fwiw.
>>>
>>>thanks if anyone knows!
>>>
>>>kylie (who is enjoying spring enormously thank you very much).
>>>
>>
>> I thought that the bubbly leaf is an invariable attribute of the
>> Silverbeet group of spinaches.
>
>it is!
>
>> Not, though, of English spinach.
>
>exactly, it's not! :-) the spinach in question is true spinach, not
>silverbeet. (i never worry when the silverbeet goes bubbly).
>
>> http://www.taste.com.au/how+to/articles/293/spinach
>
>... like the lower two in the photograph.
>it also occurred to me that the bubbly plants don't grow tall like the
>middle bunch there - they stay short & get sort of wide.
>thanks!
>kylie
>
>>
>> Richard
>
Curiouser and curiouser. Can you put an image of the disease
somewhere? It might ring a bell with somebody.

Posted by 0tterbot on October 6, 2008, 6:25 pm
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>>> http://www.taste.com.au/how+to/articles/293/spinach
>>
>>... like the lower two in the photograph.
>>it also occurred to me that the bubbly plants don't grow tall like the
>>middle bunch there - they stay short & get sort of wide.
>>thanks!
>>kylie
>>
>>>
>>> Richard
>>
> Curiouser and curiouser. Can you put an image of the disease
> somewhere? It might ring a bell with somebody.

well, technically i _could_, but it seems unlikely! :-)
thanks anyway richard.
kylie



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