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This green and leafy veg is an ultimate man food. Spinach is replete with the essential minerals potassium and magnesium, and it’s one of the top sources of lutein, an antioxidant that may help prevent clogged arteries. Plus its vitamins and nutrients can bolster bone-mineral density, attack prostate cancer cells, reduce the risk of skin tumors, fight colon cancer.Indian Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) is one of the most favourite and nutrient filled green vegetable and fully loaded with nutrients such as vitamin A, iron, and calcium etc. Indian Spinach or Palak leaves decorates a royal position at Indian cuisine including Mugalai and North Indian cuisines.Soak seeds overnight in water to start germination. The next day plant seeds as 1 inch apart in rows, spaced 5-6 inches apart. Keep the soil cool and moist by watering regularly and mulching with a layer of any organic mulch (dried leaves etc ) if available.Spinach will grow with as little as a few hours of full sun, but forms the biggest leaves and plants in full sun. Continue planting small patches every 2 weeks to insure a continuous harvest.Start harvesting the outer spinach leaves when there are 5-6 leaves on the plant, about 25-30 days after seeding. If you won’t harvest the outer leaves, pull up and harvest full heads about 2 weeks later. Continue harvesting individual leaves until seed stalk forms on the plants (bolts). Then pull all plants and compost them and re-seed..