Garden OracheAtriplex hortensis

Garden Orache

Garden Oraches

1. Atriplex ruberrima
2. Atriplex purpurea
3. Atriplex heterantha
4. Atriplex atrosanguinea
5. Atriplex spectabilis

1. Mountain spinach
2. French spinach
3. Red orache
4. Arrach
5. Orach

1. Mountain spinach
2. French spinach

1. Orach

1. NameSpinach

   Languageen

   Shared with

   1. Spinacia oleracea

   Clarification

   Often used as a substitute for true spinach.

1. Garden orache
2. Mountain spinach
3. Atriplex hortensis

1. Tracheophyta
2. Angiospermae
3. Eudicotyledonae

Amaranth family

1. Spinacia oleracea
2. Beta vulgaris
3. Chenopodium giganteum

1. leaves
2. seeds

Garden orache is one of Europe's oldest cultivated plants and an ideal spinach substitute for the summer garden. The red varieties in particular are not only tasty but also highly ornamental.

1. Taskthinning

   Label

   Thinning

   Prioritymedium

   Months

   1. 4
   2. 5
   3. 6

   Notes

   Remove plants that are growing too closely together.

Full sun to partial shade

Not wind-sensitive

Well-drained, humus-rich

Regularly, do not let soil dry out completely

Light applications of organic fertilizer

Good neighbor for almost all crops; tends to self-seed readily.

1. Leguminosae
2. Solanaceae
3. Cruciferae

1. Lactuca sativa
2. Allium
3. Daucus carota

As orache belongs to the Amaranthaceae family, it should not follow spinach or beets directly to avoid the transmission of soil-borne diseases.

1. Sucking insects
2. Leaf miners

1. Foliar fungi

1. Ensure consistent water supply.
2. Wide spacing for good ventilation.
3. Maintain crop rotation with other Amaranthaceae.

Orache is robust but often suffers from aphids, though this rarely significantly reduces yield.

1. Slugperonospora

   Severitymedium

   Conditions

   1. Damp weather
   2. Crowded sowing

   Affected parts

   1. Leaves

   Prevention

   1. Maintain spacing
   2. Water in the morning

   Organic control

   1. Horsetail extract

1. Symptom

   Silvery-white tunnels in the leaf

   Possible causes

   1. pegomya-hyoscyami

   First checks

   1. Check leaf undersides for eggs
   2. Remove infested leaves

1. Discoloration
2. Deformation
3. Feeding marks

1. Germination
2. Rosette formation
3. Stem elongation
4. Flower bud formation
5. Flowering
6. Seed maturation
7. Senescence

Fast-growing annual; bolting (flowering) is accelerated by long-day conditions and drought.

Green, yellow, or red (depending on cultivar)

1. Young leaves
2. Shoot tips

Continuous by picking individual leaves or cutting shoot tips.

1. Plant height at least 15-20 cm
2. Leaves are fully developed but still tender
3. Before the onset of tough stem formation

Leaves wilt quickly; best harvested immediately before consumption or wrapped in a damp cloth.

1. Method

   Refrigeration

   Duration2-3 days
2. Method

   Freezing

   Duration6-8 months

Blanch briefly like spinach before freezing.

Short-term storage (fresh vegetable)

Refrigerated approx. 2 to 3 days.

1. Blanching and freezing
2. Drying (seeds)
3. Preserving (as pesto or in oil)

Leaf vegetable

1. Salad ingredient
2. Dye plant (red varieties)
3. Medicinal plant

1. Sautéing
2. Steaming
3. Raw consumption
4. Boiling

Mild, slightly acidic, similar to spinach but less astringent.

Red orache loses its color when cooked and turns cooking water green unless acid is added.

1. Leaves
2. Young stems
3. Seeds (cooked)

1. Old, woody stems
2. Large quantities of mature seeds (saponins)

Contains oxalic acid and saponins; individuals with kidney stones should moderate consumption.

Young leaves are excellent for salads.

Very easy

Threshing or rubbing the dry seed heads, followed by winnowing.

Cool, dark, and strictly dry in paper bags or jars.

As an annual herbaceous plant, garden orache does not form a permanent woody structure; lignification only occurs at the base of old stems.

Although wind-pollinated, the plants serve as a food source for various moth caterpillars.

1. Coleophora species
2. Hadula trifolii

Prepare direct sowing from March.

Main harvest time and time for succession sowing.