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Success with Spring Spinach


  • Slower growing, savoyed varieties tend to go to seed less quickly and are much better choices for spring planting. Save the fast-growing flat leaf varieties for planting again in late summer when temperatures begin to drop and days shorten.

  • Instead of picking older leaves and waiting for the young ones to size up, you are much safer harvesting the whole plant. This means that plants in the early spring should be spaced at least 6 inches apart so that they have room to properly grow.

  • Alternatively, plant the seeds at extra tight spacing, 3 inches apart and harvest as you would a mesclun mix - cut the leaves down with scissors every couple of weeks. This constant harvesting tends to stimulate the plant into sending up more leaf shoots and delays the onset of the flower stalk.

  • Take advantage of natural shade in your garden or else provide shade as the temperatures increase. Planting under trees will keep the plants cool. Alternatively, plant them behind tall plants like peas or between large brassicas.

    Here are some recommended varieties for early spring/summer production:

    America - savoy type with dark green leaves, 50 days
    Bloomsdale Long Standing - savoy, slow to bolt, 48 days
    Steadfast - smooth leaf, 50 days
    Tyee -semi-savoyed, 45 days

    Sources:

    Territorial Seeds -http://www.territorial-seed.com
    Johnny's -http://www.johnnyseeds.com

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