![]() ![]() Fall Be sure to plant fall spinach in the late summer or as close to the start of fall as possible.įall spinach should be planted in late summer around the Fall Equinox (when daylight and nighttime are about 12 hours). Use a soil thermometer to check your soil temperatures before planting. Seeds germinate best between 45 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Spring spinach is best directly sown when soil temperatures reach 40 to 45 degrees. If you start seedlings indoors about 4 weeks before the last frost, it can be planted as soon as the snow has melted and nighttime temperatures are above 25 degrees. The earliest crop will always come from overwintered plantings in the late fall. Spring Though spinach prefers the cold, you can plant and harvest it in early spring. Let’s take a look at the best timeframes to plant. Too late in the year, and you won’t get growth, too early, and it can take longer than you want for the seeds to take root. When you plant spinach, mapping out the correct time of year is important. ![]() Depending how much your family eats, you may want anywhere from 1-4 successions each season. It takes 24-30 days to mature and can be harvested for a few weeks off each planting. ![]() When you decide on your planting dates in the garden, consider staggering them so you get a few successions throughout the season. This ensures you have a continuous supply of nutritious greens. At a given point in my fall garden, I may have spinach that is just germinating, baby spinach that is almost ready to harvest, and full-size spinach that I am picking off of. Succession planting means growing several rounds of spinach throughout the season. Succession Planting Growing a few rounds at a time means you get a fresh harvest for months. It grows very quickly and prolifically so long as you provide the right growing conditions. You can grow spinach from direct seeding or transplant it into the garden after sowing indoors. Propagation and Planting Planting seeds directly into the ground is the easiest way to grow it in your garden. Seeds will not germinate well in temperatures over 75 degrees. Long days and summer heat over 75-80 degrees Fahrenheit will cause it to bolt (go to seed) very quickly. It is best grown in the cool weather of spring and autumn. It prefers more alkaline soils (sandy soils with pH 7 or greater). Some varieties are perennial veggies, which means they will regrow each year. It is an annual low-growing crop and member of the Amaranthaceae/Chenopodiaceae family, along with beets, chard, amaranth, quinoa, and lambs quarter. Spinach is a leafy iron-rich green popular in many cuisines. ![]()
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