Spinach Growing Tips Garden Quickie Episode 149

Grow More Spinach! One of the ultimate leafy greens, spinach also happens to be a "quick crop" Seed-to-harvest in 6 weeks or less. Unlike lettuce, spinach is eaten cooked as well as raw, making this super food a culinary staple.
Today, I'll give you all the tips you need to grow epic batches of spinach all year long. Other than the dead heat of summer and the bitter cold of winter, spinach should give you zero problems both inside or out in the garden!
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[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

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[@bigsisterj1]

I've effectively not been able to grow seeds from spinach twice now. This season went to the garden center and bought two and brought them home woke up in the morning the next day to them having gone to seed. Trying one more time because spinach is a favorite in this household.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

My fingers are crossed for you!!

[@yukonsmomma3562]

Thanks Jeff! This is a reminder that I need to get out and plant some spinach. I appreciate the words of gardening wisdom that you take the time to share with us!

[@marybethwilliams5015]

Maybe look for a more heat-tolerant variety to keep the bolting at bay! Best of luck!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@marybethwilliams5015 I agree with Mary... They do exist!

[@janw491]

Bunnies also love spinach 😊

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

They soooooo do love it! Fun to watch them eat it too!

[@shadytreez]

Ironically, I tried growing it, and my pet free roaming bunny found a way into my fenced of garden and ate the young plants.

[@sandyhayden-bristow1382]

Love growing spinach. If you over seed by accident, just eat the baby leaves of the thinned out plants, they are great for salads! No waste and great taste. 🤗

[@zan4110]

Wow,..I bought gigantic leaf spinach seeds....will be seeding this week..thanks for the info.,☺

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Exciting! Best of luck!

[@emylytle7149]

So I didn’t know you can grow them anytime as long as it’s not very hot weather. Well, I’m planting now in the shades on a box planter so I can have some in my salad or soups. Thank you Jeff, another info that I learned today 😊👩‍🌾♥️

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

They actually can take shade better than lettuce and some other greens, best of luck Emy! 🙂

[@benjaminantoine2558]

Hey I'm from St Lucia our spinach vines or crawls if there are no trellis we have two seasons a dry n a rainy with the dry having some scorching temperatures but I've planted them in both seasons and they're a hardy plant guess it's a different variety

[@itowmyhome797]

Thank you

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Cheers, thanks for watching! 🙂

[@carmenlamanna5391]

Awesome video Jeff. Just picked a bunch of spinach this morning. Here in Zone 6, Western Pa, I'm able to get a 2nd crop in the fall. Just make sure you plant after labor day!!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Perfect Carmen!! We'll meet back here in the fall just in time for our 2nd crops! 🙂

[@SimplyElaOfficial]

Thank you for sharing. Very helpful..Will follow this, I want to grow spinach at home..😊

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks! Do give spinach a try, it's a very quick one.

[@SimplyElaOfficial]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Can I ask a question, Do I need to spray anti insect spray in growing the spinach?

[@meenha1976]

Let's see how my tomatoes fare 😂 I would love to get spinach in my back garden ❤

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Spinach and tomato sandwhiches??

[@gm7304]

Right ON! Super cool video. That lady bug at the end was cute. Who's the pooch?

[@Madmax420.1]

Thank you for this!

[@Wellbaby94]

Here in very hot Dallas I am growing spinach in grow bags indoors under grow lights. Seems to be a winner for the two of us

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

That's exactly what I'd do Marilyn! Do you know what variety you're growing?

[@Wellbaby94]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms yes, it’s Bloomsdale from Botanical Interests and it has done several crops for me, performing beautifully

[@AJWGBFX]

Does spinach freeze (for cooked dishes)? Love these quick to the point vids.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

100% it does! A little droopy for salads, but for cooked dishes, you can't even tell the difference! 🙂

[@cut--]

Good to know about the 'flowering" ! 😉

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Yeah, goes really bitter after it flowers.....much like Basil does.

[@JDHood]

I wonder how many seeds you get from one plant -- thinking if it would be worthwhile to allow one that's bolting to go completely to seed?

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Little less than a hundred it seems JD. I usually let about 10 go to seed each time. :-)

[@clynthia0510]

Thanks. 😊

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Cheers Clynthia!

[@mommashiner]

This will be my first time to grow Spinach. I saw you cut the leaves off. Will they continue to regrow? How many cuttings? Thanks so much and I'm a new subscriber. I LOVE the short but very informative videos. I'm busy and they are the perfect length! Blessings from my home and garden to yours!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Hey, thanks for watching... Spinach does not regrow. It's a cut once, plant again type of crop.

[@mommashiner]

Ok thank you! I have grown many things for many years but only greens I have grown were turnip greens. Thanks for the quick response!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@mommashiner Best of luck with it....let us know how you make out!

[@SA-nk8sc]

Thanks a lot for sharing this . Like and subscription.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Hey appreciate the support, happy that you liked it!

[@nbeizaie]

Great video as always. I have a question about snap peas. Do you success planting (continues planting)? if so, how and how often? That would be great if you do a quick video on it so we can use the info for this growing season.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Great question because peas are the ultimate succession planter! If on a regimented interval, I'll plat them every 4 weeks....but if I'm using them to succeed another crop, I wait until there's only 2-3 weeks left for that crop to live, then the peas go in.

[@nbeizaie]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms good to know! Thanks so much for the info :)

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@nbeizaie No problem, best of luck! 🙂

[@WantonSoup192]

Bolts so quickly this year. The heat arrived early in the season.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Yup, its a tricky one that way Calvin...

[@JackyHeijmans]

I always try to let some of my crops go to seed, free seeds..

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Me too! Its why I ended up with so many seed saving videos!

[@JackyHeijmans]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms I have by far not watched all of your videos yet! I am learning so much from you! Thank you so much for teaching us that much! I am really grateful! Did you know you can slice up a tomato, put it on dirt, like in a bucket, over winter, and in springtime they will start growing seedlings? So easy to do! I learned from Stacy and Doug, off grid. They learned from the Amish people. I will keep watching your videos, and learn from you, to me you are one of the best teachers on KZbin! Even if you live in a whole different climate, I learn so much! And you don't make it harder then it is. Thank you so much!!! Hugs!!! 🤗❤(Blunder on my end, the tomato video and spider are of another channel I also love, Self Sufficient Me. He looks a little bit like you, not really, but enough to confuse me. He is from Australia, and had a huge spider on his raised bed. Sorry, I confused you! Both channels are a bit new to me, but I love you both a lot!!!)

[@sharonche5042]

Can you grow perpetual beet in the same way? 🌱

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Yes, but even better. Its a biennial so even in hot weather, it won't bolt on you!

[@sharonche5042]

Thank you. Just had some of last year's crop with lunch today 🌱

[@nicucristea]

Hi, nice video, if the spinach has those flowers not bloomed yet, to cut the flower and harvest later or we need to harvest all plant .?

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Once it gets flower buds I call it quits.. Just too bitter. Unless you're saving the seeds

[@kristin143]

im gonna try this one, never planted spinach before ...

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Let us know how it goes!

[@kristin143]

@TheRipeTomatoFarms will do, thank u! ...

[@rossvogt4884]

Mine went to seed as soon as i transplanted, but kelowna got hot fast this year

[@motley22crue]

What pest control do you use for spinach? I'm seeing little holes in the leaves.

[@ObsessiveAboutCats]

This made me sad. I live in zone 9b (Houston Tx) and I can't even grow spinach indoors. I tried for the first time this past February and it was already too hot (this year's weather has been crazy weird even by Houston's standards). I'll be trying again this fall/winter; we have a really short and untrustworthy cool season (it will go from a high of 40f to 85f back to 50f within as many days), but I'm hoping I can get some spinach in. I love it so much! Are there any "warm" tolerant varieties you recommend that can stand Houston's definition of "warm"? 🤣 With that said, I'm having much better luck growing malabar spinach. It isn't "really" spinach, but it tastes very good and it's also very healthy. And unlike real spinach, it loves the heat! I bought starts from a local nursery as it is very slow to grow from seed (but grows really fast once it gets going). It's a climbing vine so it needs support, but it will climb anything. One plant produces a lot. It's an annual if things get below freezing; plenty of our winters don't, so we'll see how it goes.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

I hear you Amanda....I would stick with Malabar and maybe even Perpetual Spinach if you can find the seeds...

[@ObsessiveAboutCats]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Thanks! By the way, your dog is very cute.

[@dalspartan]

I wonder if growing under a shade screen in late fall would work in the Houston area? It seems to be working well for other non-tropical plants

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@dalspartan oh I firmly believe that it would! Arugula as well!

[@ObsessiveAboutCats]

@@dalspartan Late winter/early spring is probably my best bet. It's often in the 80's through December. It tends to be coolest in February (usually) so I might get one crop in. I will almost certainly try, simply out of sheer stubbornness.

[@TerribleTim68]

I tried planting some spinach, it hasn’t really done anything at all, just the baby leaves. 🤷‍♂️

[@mudpiemudpie785]

I can never get spinach right.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

What time of year do you grow it?

[@lispottable]

I can’t grow spinach to save my life.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Too warm of climate Lisa?