The first step in learning how to grow spinach, you will need to assemble the following materials: compost makers, pruners, fertilizer, fish emulsions, garden spades and trowels, floating row covers, mulch, shovels, limes, plants and spinach seeds.

The best place to learn how to grow spinach is a place that, in the cooler weather gets the full sun and in warmer weather is partially shaded. The soil itself should be fertile, retain moisture and it needs to be light. The pH balance should range from six to seven. Before planting, you will want to dig well cured manure into the soil to make sure that the soil's conditions are ready to sustain the spinach growth.

When you are ready to plant your spinach seeds (the next step in learning how to grow spinach), make sure that the seeds are placed directly into the soil as early in the year as you can work the ground. This is usually between four and eight weeks before the last frost is expected to hit. Spinach doesn't like to be transplanted and the seeds do very well in soil that is as cool as fifty degrees. The seeds should be placed in rows--about a half inch deep and two inches apart. To keep the seeds growing, sow the soil every two weeks until the average daily temperature is about seventy five degrees Fahrenheit.

When the plants get to be about four inches in height, thin them out to be about six inches apart. Don't worry about how the plants are faring. When the plants are too close together, they will end up seeding to soon and the plants that don't make the cut can still be used in salads. Learning to thin the "herd" is often the hardest part in learning how to grow spinach.