We are now in the midst of Autumn which means it is finally Spinach season again. So far we have managed to baby Lettuce through Summer but Spinach is proving to be a seasonal crop for us. Each of these beds has over 260 seedling and we harvest weekly with scissors, thinning them out and they come back. We don't bother sorting the leaves and generally sell all that we grow.
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You must somewhere in the souther hemisphere.
Yes I am in the NW corner of Victoria, Australia. The land of Lockdowns
Spinach is a light-dependent plant, which means that once the days get longer than a certain number of hours (12-13 for most varieties), they'll start to flower. Temperature doesn't matter much, unlike with lettuce that bolts above a certain soil temperature. So summertime spinach is nearly impossible unless you use some kind of blackout material to limit the light hours or receives.
Well there you go, that makes perfect sense.
Cheers for the input, I am fairly new at this Market Gardening caper
