Fall in love with Spinach

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August/September 2002
 
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The rule of thumb for getting the right-size spinach for overwintering is to plant it four to six weeks before your average first hard frost date. This should produce a spinach plant about 3% to 4 inches in diameter, the best size for overwintering. As far as mulching the plants for protection, all I can say is that in my own experience in wet Maine and Washington winters I've killed the plants, as they had rotted under my leaf mulch by the time I uncovered them in early spring. Perhaps porous row covers would work better.

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William Dam Seeds Box 8400 Dundas, ON L9H 6M1 Canada (905) 628-6641 www.damseeds.com 'Space,' 'Giant Winter'*

Abundant Life Seed Foundation P.O. Box 772 Port Townsend, WA 98368 (360) 385-5660 www.abundantlifeseed.org 'Winter Bloomsdale,' 'Giant Winter'*

J.W. Jung Seed Company 335 S. High St. Randolph, WI 53957 (800) 247-5864 www.jungseed.com 'Olympia *Open-pollinated'

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