2024 SEEDS, SPINACH, BUTTERFLAY, High Mowing Organic Seeds

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Description

1/4 ounce

Days to Maturity: 40 days

Productive variety sporting very large, glossy dark green leaves with rich flavor.

Butterflay stole the show among the hybrid and open-pollinated spinach varieties in our fall trials, exhibiting better vigor and emergence than any other variety, as well as unmatched intense green color.

  • Field variety
  • Spring/fall

Soil Nutrients and Requirements

Like all leafy greens, spinach thrives in fertile and moist soil. Spinach is sensitive to soil pH, preferring a range of 6.5-7. Magnesium deficiency manifests in yellowing leaves similar to nitrogen deficiency. Because spinach will carry excess nitrates if over fertilized, try correcting Magnesium first.

Seeding Depth

1/8-1/4”

Plant Spacing

For babyleaf ~40seeds/ft” in 2-4” bands, for bunching 2”

Row Spacing

For babyleaf space bands 1-2” apart, for bunching 12-18”

When to Sow

Direct seed as soon as soil can be worked in the spring, and again in the late summer-early fall. Greenhouse spinach is sown in early fall to give just enough time to germinate and produce a modest amount of leaf, but not grow so fast as to require a lot of upkeep. Seed germinates best when soil temperatures are 32-60°F and achieves the best quality when air temperatures are 55-60°F. Sow every 7 days for a continual harvest.

Harvest

Harvest individual leaves or cut baby leaves 1” above the ground. Harvest the entire plant for bunched spinach by cutting the whole plant right below its crown.