by Lucy Apthorp Leske
April 1997
from issue #8
In this chart, 0 is the last frost date. Weeks 8 to 18, midsummer, are too hot to sow spinach.
Suggested cold-tolerant spinach varieties: ‘Melody’, ‘Tyee’
Suggested bolt-resistant spinach varieties: ‘Indian Summer’, ‘Steadfast’, ‘Bloomsdale’
weeks before last frost date | too hot |
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7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8-18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
Cold-tolerant varieties* (sow indoors, transplant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Cold-tolerant varieties* (sow directly into soil) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Bolt-resistant varieties (sow directly into soil, protect with row cover) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Bolt-resistant varieties (sow directly into soil, protect with row cover) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Cold-tolerant varieties (sow indoors in week 18, transplant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Cold-tolerant varieties** (sow directly into soil, mulch with hay) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
* First and second plantings are started indoors or in cold frames
** The last planting is wintered over until spring.
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