The Ultimate Guide To Make Your Spinach Thrive

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Growing spinach is a rewarding and nutritious addition to any garden. In this video, Curtis Stone shows how to prepare the soil, sow the seeds, and provide proper care to ensure healthy, delicious greens. Watch now and experience homegrown goodness with thriving spinach plants!
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About Curtis Stone:
Curtis is one of the world’s most highly sought-after small farming educators. His book, The Urban Farmer, offers a new way to think about farming𑁋 one where quality of life and profitability coexist. Today, Curtis spends most of his time building his 40-acre off-grid homestead in British Columbia. He leverages his relationships with other experts to bring diverse content into the homes of gardeners and aspiring small farmers from around the world. Learn more at FromTheField.TV.
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[@gokutrades5675]

Misleading title. He sold me on why to grow spinach, when to grow spinach, but did not show me how to grow spinach.

[@dharmatoad]

GokuTrades Agree

[@GDKLockout]

Besides putting seed in soil, water an wait. What info were you lookong for?

[@tanyabrown5350]

I agree, he does point to a link for the first cut 'what happened yesterday' I believe and can't find that either 😔

[@ERMAV]

Put seeds in dirt. Water. Sun. There ya go sweetheart

[@simonpure109]

For that matter,am out 😂

[@egushlak]

Curtis you're CRUSHING IT!! Thanks so much for your time and passion brother!

[@flowergrowersmith449]

I adore spinach and eat it in salad every day. It has a lovely, meaty leaf. Much better than lettuces I reckon. Nice video Curtis!

[@michaelc2509]

Thanks for all your videos!

[@mrgreen2386]

Hey Curtis i have been watching your videos for a few months now and you have been a massive inspiration. I even made my first vlog on my first ever veggie garden which is something 6 months ago I would never have dreamed of doing. I have ordered you book which to my surprise I could locate and can't wait for it to arrive. Thank you for making your videos and keep up the excellent work you are doing.

[@bobgunner3086]

I just sit here and shake my head when I see Curtis' rows and rows of spinach. This has been so hard for me to grow. Granted, I only ever seem to be able to plant it in June/July so that does not help. The little bit I planted late last fall did great over the winter covered in snow and came up very nicely this spring .. I never even watered it this spring. I have been working on New Zealand spinach, but man is it tough to get it to germinate. I did a little New Zealand last year during the summer and it did pretty well. I really like the taste and texture too. So hopefully I will get some sprouted in the next week or so.

[@moonlightmeadows906]

Was refining my knowledge on certain vegetable growing techniques, and not only came away with some new information, but I'm also going to watch your take on profitable crops. My family and I are going to start a couple of farmers markets this year, so I am looking for high yields and ideal crops for our conditions. Thank you for sharing!

[@elementalearth5096]

mmm I definitely agree with you on the spinach yumminess.. :) when I was a kid my mother would cook it, drain the water, then blend it with stave mixer while adding some milk or cream to make it creamy... highly delicious.. try it out ;) thanks for sharing Curtis

[@btenkink]

I just added "Reflect" to my list of spinach to try next year. Thanks for sharing your experience!!

[@mirandavikanderson6958]

Hi, i m from chetwynd bc , we r a zone 2/3 just wondering what was a good time to seed the spinach indoors, to plant outside. We dont plant any out side here until end may long weekend and that is even ify. So since its a cold weatger crop can i out it out earlier

[@booradley5263]

What lettuces transplant well? Heirloom variety suggestions also? Thanks Curtis.

[@saran4968]

hey curtis, how many spinach plants do you have in one square foot? and how much pound will it yield in the first harvest?

[@trumplostlol3007]

70% shade cloth plus watering twice a day may let you grow spinach in the summer.

[@blee0518]

Is there any material to cover cooler crops to help keep out the heat? I live in florida and i have see some farms (large volume) have a sort of mesh black fabric covering their crops. Not sure what they are growing because its in the distance.

[@justanotherwarrobotschanne5774]

It is October 10th here in Texas. It is 94 degrees Fahrenheit.

[@leogiberson5046]

I live in Cawston Bc. Its March 3rd and the forecast is looking like it might be a good time to sow some seeds. Just wanted to know if after this cold dip we are getting, if it would be a good time to plant this early. Been watching on and off for years. Thanks for the info

[@michelemarble6799]

Curtis I struggle to grow spinach even in Maine Springs. Any tips for growing such as fertilizing?

[@fisheye350]

Which of the salanova would you reccomend for personal use

[@CarbonConscious]

Spinach has been a nightmare so far for me here in the Mediterranean, we can get quite hot days even during December and Januari which makes it bolt even then. Getting seeds to germinate in the field has been difficult as well for some reason. This year I'll give them a go in shaded wicking beds after summer.

[@offgridcurtisstone]

I wouldn't bother. If I were you, I'd just accept it as a crop that you can't grow. I stopped trying to grow it in the summer. Just too much of a hassle.

[@pracheearts6359]

Can we germinate seeds in November in fall? 9B zone.. we just started getting cold morning and evening in 50-60s

[@djcbanks]

Informative video, but it's titled how to grow spinach... I don't remember seeing any bit of a "how to" in the video I just watched.

[@erictavares678]

plant seed in dirt. sun

[@sandramuramba8277]

True

[@ievakatauskiene2836]

Curtis, I have the same question as Glenn. Planning to buy Jang seeder, and I would be buying Earthway seeder only for spinach. So is it possible to use the Jang seeder for spinach? If so, which roll you would use? And thank you for amazing videos! Learning a lot from them!

[@offgridcurtisstone]

I don't know. I can tell you that I have tried the MJ24, G12, and neither of those worked. If you mess around with the gear ratio, the answer might be in there.

[@HealthSupercharger]

6" spacing between rows is that not too close spacing if one would like to have full size mature spinach? I am thinking that full size spinach plants would need at least 8"x8" space to grow, or am I wrong? I am also thinking that 6" row spacing would be hard to de-weed with instruments between the rows without hitting the spinach plants. The hula hoe is at least 5 inches wide which would be hard to fit in between the spinach rows.

[@chrisbaker8722]

good information :) you and many others inspired me to start a vegetable garden on quarter of an acre with 2k cash im going to document it for others :)

[@fuego604]

Hi, I really like your videos. I live in Vancouver and I was successfully planted and harvested spinach in the summer. My spinach plants even survived winter. My question is should I pull the old spinach plants and start from seed again or would they still be good for another harvest season?

[@offgridcurtisstone]

You should keep harvesting that spinach until it goes to seed and plant some more in the mean time.

[@fuego604]

How do I properly harvest ? Do I pick the baby leaves or just cut all the leaves ?

[@offgridcurtisstone]

Watch my videos on spinach. Use the search function.

[@tpsu129]

Great video. 5 rows, so I can assume 6 inches between rows, right? How far between plants in the rows? What kind of yield do you get in your 25 foot beds? 50 pounds?

[@wilderfarmstead]

How many inches apart would you guess the beet plate on the seeder spaces the spinach seed?

[@PopleBackyardFarm]

good information - Thank you.

[@timothkeyyprice]

Because the quantity of seeds produced, letting a few plants mature will provide all the seeds you can use. Just keep the varieties separated if you don't want to hybrize some...but why not?

[@flanmaryj]

Timothy Price Thanks!

[@rachelgucker4238]

Thank you for all the cross references you provide! Now if youtube would let me add them to my watch later list... seriously though, I REALLY appreciate that you don't pitch to the lowest common denominator and don't repeat intro level material all the time. I've probably watched 200 of your videos and am still learning from them!

[@kevinkolodinsky4805]

Hey Curtis, awesome videos and book. we watch you every night. Question, do you know off hand the average Yield you are getting per linear foot? or lbs per 25ft bed of spinach on your 5 row 30in beds? (I am doing 24in beds 4 rows, ill convert) Also CONGRATS on your Daughter!! we had a baby boy a few nights before you guys. Hope your sleeping more than me.. -Kevin

[@offgridcurtisstone]

It depends. In my book I detail all of those. Off hand, I think it's 25 lbs per cut.

[@HealthSupercharger]

Kevin I think 24 inch wide rows is not a bad idea either for a family back yard gardener because a basic mid size 6hp rototiller digs up about 22 to 24 inch wide paths which is efficient to break new ground at this width with single passes. I guess 30" is more space efficient so it might be worth going wider. I had to break new ground in my new tennis court size garden this year and what I had to do is remove the outer tines / diggers and only dig 13" wide rows which made about 18" wide rows after I made several passes. My machine was not heavy enough or powerful enough for full 24" wide digging, maybe this spring I will do that and expand each row to 30 inches.

[@arpitamehrotra3026]

Kevin Kolodinsky

[@fredyounkins8533]

How do you keep the weeds out of the spinach?

[@HealthSupercharger]

How soon do you think I can plant spinach in Richmond BC I am close to the Ocean and river which means sometimes my 8b climate zone is a 9 zone. Usually we last frost is March 15th though. I saw that some guides recommended planting it in February but that seems so soon. What do you think? Outdoors no hoop tunnel.

[@offgridcurtisstone]

+HealthSupercharger you can plant that early, but your problem is not so much temperature as it is wetness.

[@HealthSupercharger]

True True the rain with the darker grey sunlight makes things not grow in late fall and early spring even though we have 5 to10 degrees c. Without greenhouses April seems like the first doable month for growing and October last month of growing season due to November being our wettest month of the year normally. If I did build a caterpillar tunnel it makes me wonder how effective that would be since the plastic would reduce even the little sunlight we get filtered by the clouds.

[@morelmaster]

Hi Curtis! Love your videos, in the process of watching all of them. I have a question about growing spinach in the summer (zone 6), would it help to use shade cloth over the beds to delay bolting, and what number shade cloth would you use? Thanks!

[@villanuevaruth21]

What kind of spinach should I plant for summer

[@Shodeen1]

Thank you so much I always have white bug eggs issue. How I take cake that?

[@ramz1455]

neem oil, eco friendly soap and water in a spray bottle.

[@machinemaker2248]

I've also seen netting recommended.

[@sarahbrinley7501]

He’s growing in a residential area. How is this property zoned for commercial production? Also, what is the reaction from neighbours to this structure on the front lawn?

[@offgridcurtisstone]

They love it. We generally have more freedom up here than the US in regards to zoning and business, so in ten years of running the business, it was never an issue.

[@smaflenna]

What zone are you in? You say all winter but I don't know what that means. How cold are we talking?

[@joansaulnier4719]

Where on the continent is your farm, so we know when to plant & harvest?

[@freevideos051]

Is rock dust the same as lime?

[@HealthSupercharger]

What temperature is ideal for spinach, i am in Vancouver, is early april good time to seed a bed with it?

[@offgridcurtisstone]

You could plant spinach in vancouver now.

[@HealthSupercharger]

Thanks, i will soon. Our poblem is we just had strong rain, too much water. I got to make some simple rain protection so I can regulate how much rain my garden gets.

[@HealthSupercharger]

I guess i can put it potato seed, and carrot, beet, turnips and cool liking plants also. I think i will use raised rows even in my raised bed garden due to the rain.

[@Johnrider1234]

We plant. 4 rows. 200 feet long.

[@langstonrudley9946]

what kind of spinach do you grow?

[@jhvazda]

I wonder if he saves seeds or purchases them trying to think about logistics

[@munchkin5674]

Curious... I see that your beds are along a neighborhood street. Do vehicle exhausts have any effect on your veggie plants? With no fencing around your garden, what keeps anyone from coming along and helping themselves, especially at night? That has to be a concern of urban farmers.

[@lisakukla459]

If you're in an area where people are that hungry they're sneaking in at night to harvest for themselves, then you're failing as an urban grower. And as a member of the community.

[@ramz1455]

@@lisakukla459 True but there is such thing as respecting others people property.

[@leosgrandpa]

Are you from CA?

[@bobvandine9496]

hi, I have a earthway seeder and the swiss chard/beet plate looks huge for a spinach seed? There is a plate for spinach and I'm wondering why you recommend the chard/beet plate? Does it sow multiple seeds concurrently. I trust that you know the earthway seeder much better than I do, I just want to understand. The swiss chard/beet tray I have is no. 1002-22

[@MrDannyboyy11]

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[@MrDannyboyy11]

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[@MrDannyboyy11]

Yyt

[@elaines5179]

grow the green malabar spinach, excellent, very productive and loves the heat and climbs AKA climbing spinach!

[@anthonyrstrawbridge]

How many X can I go spin on spin?

[@grabmike]

Pests Video? Green cabbage caterpillars, How do you deal with them? Cheers Mike Southern Oregon.

[@highridgegraphics9556]

Is all that in your front yard?

[@califarmeradams4546]

When is it too late to plant spinach in zone 9. And would I do a direct sow in ground or start in flats and transplant thanks much appreciated

[@StanTheMan709]

the first time i ever grew spinach was in the summer since i did not know the difference, when it bolted and went to seed i was shocked to find out they have Male and female plants and the females looked very similar to cannabis with white hairs and resin. I did some research and found they are not related but i find that hard to believe with there striking characteristics lol

[@evanherrera7182]

lol bow ima check it out

[@mrmadness2699]

This is Canada right? This has to be the far north if you only June July and August are off limit to spinach!

[@offgridcurtisstone]

Not that far north, but ya, it's too hot during those months for us.

[@jericarter9207]

My spinach is very tall, what can I do?

[@yumyum408]

I soak my spinach seeds in a wet paper towel in baggie..in the fridge for a week..all germinate .otherwise i cant get to germinate when its warmer out.

[@historyconversation8314]

what is the name of that sort of SPINACH

[@gabrielaperez-balcanu3996]

ok so what should I do in Florida where is 97 F almos all year? pff

[@MicroUrb]

yikes, I planted spinach twice already in the past couple of weeks. I am going to have to nurse them to maturity in cool shady areas of my backyard that gets a lot of shade and areas I don't get too much shade, I am going to have to use shade cloth. My mustard greens are already starting to seed, spent Friday ripping many out, but I am not bothered by it, because I can get mustard seeds so cheaply I really don't care.

[@zsandmann]

My spinach continues to fail spectacularly. No idea what I'm doing wrong.

[@JackIsNotInTheBox]

So when are you going to show us HOW to grow spinach???

[@BA-ps4kx]

its Like Japanese spinach

[@theenlightenedfarmermr.dar6698]

Many plant's can be adapted to your climate by seeding offspring of the desired plant species repeatedly in your climate. Each new generation will be more adapted some varieties faster than other's.

[@iluvmyjewels8619]

WHERE do you live that you get this much spinach crop?!

[@nonyobussiness3440]

Fuck picking spinach did it by hand for years

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Thanks for sharing. For some reason, I thought I had subscribed to your channel but I guess YT unsubscribed me

[@gossipmaggictv]

Definitely not a video on how to grow spinach, the title is different from the content of the video. But at least we now know you can't grow it in three months of the year

[@crazychickenladyhomestead6918]

Not a video of how to grow spinach.

[@bhossain22]

Misleading

[@terrymoore565]

Your not talking about How to plant spinach 😂

[@normathomson9018]

Why do they talk sooo much???? Just show us how to grow the spinach!!!!

[@damien884]

How to babble.....

[@catfish307]

Should have titled it "Not how to grow spinach".

[@talataliphatan2981]

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