Back in March, when we saw a streak of 80ºF days, I pulled out a 1/4 pound of Bloomsdale Long Standing spinach seeds from 2005 (seed source – Jordan Seeds). Figuring it was a long shot that some of them would sprout, I liberally sprinkled them over a 6-foot section of one of my beds, and gently raked them into the soil. I’m fairly certain that every single one of those seeds germinated:
I ended up transplanting a few of them down the row a bit, and they are doing very well also:
Yesterday we had our first big “harvest” from the garden – a giant bowl full of baby spinach, which I added to a vegan quiche. Looks like we’ll be eating spinach every day for a while!
Well, your spinach is growing far better than mine! I miss that MN dirt! I still have tiny 2-4 leaf sproutlings. They’re working hard, but I’m ready to eat. 🙂
And I thought ours were getting scary! You might want to consider thinning, just a bit…