One of the vegetable commodities easy to care for by beginners is red spinach. From seed to harvest it takes 20-25 days. Within 2-3 days after seedling, a good seed will start removing the shoots. About a week later, the seeds can be moved to the production gutter.
Spinach is a members of amaranthaceae family that contain vitamins A, vitamin C, and folat it is quite liked the market. Spinach is suitable for planting in lowland and upland areas up to 1,000 m asl and its seeds relatively easily germinate in damp environment.
Spinach plants originally known as ornamental plants. In subsequent developments, spinach is promoted as a food source of protein, especially for developing countries.
Efficacy of spinach in general is to improve kidney work and digestion. In fact, red spinach roots efficacious as a drug dysentery.
Compared to green spinach, red spinach is less popular, though rich in nutrients. In red spinach there are vitamins A, B1, B2, C, and niacin, as well as minerals such as iron, calcium, manganese, and phosphorus. It contains lots of fiber and inside its leaves there are carotene, chlorophyll, and saponin. In the stem is found alkaloids, flavonoids, and polyphenols.
Spinach includes fibrous vegetables that can be used to smooth the process of defecation. Fiber foods are highly recommended for consumption by patients with colon cancer, diabetes (diabetes mellitus), cholesterol, high blood pressure and weight loss. 30% oral spinach leaf infusion can increase serum iron, hemoglobin and rabbit hematocrit levels made anemia significantly.