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Spinach #24257 Apr 17th, 2007 at 04:40 AM Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 12,160 triangle, virginia tkhooper OP Official Taste Tester OP tkhooper Official Taste Tester Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 12,160 triangle, virginia I have Spinach sprouts! This is my first year to try these I'm so excited. Anyone else doing leafy green veggies?

Re: Spinach tkhooper #24585 Apr 17th, 2007 at 09:10 AM Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 20 Colorado hhouse Member hhouse Member Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 20 Colorado I also planted spinach and lettuce but have seen no sprouts. My broccolli and radishes finally came up and I am still waiting for all the other stuff. I started the spinach and lettuce outside. Maybe I should have started it inside ???? Congrats on the sprouts............

Re: Spinach hhouse #24926 Apr 17th, 2007 at 12:06 PM Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 12,160 triangle, virginia tkhooper OP Official Taste Tester OP tkhooper Official Taste Tester Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 12,160 triangle, virginia I start everything inside because I don't want to accidently pull it up thinking it's a weed. I still can't tell the difference. Although I'm getting to recognize a few.

Re: Spinach tkhooper #25045 Apr 17th, 2007 at 05:33 PM Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,237 Haskell Oklahoma Zone 6b Amigatec Amigatec Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,237 Haskell Oklahoma Zone 6b Spinach can a hard one to reconize it looks just like grass when it comes up. Fresh Spinach is wonderful, I had my best crop this year. I have just about 1/3 of it left. One OS to rule them, one OS to find them: One OS to bring them all and in the darkness bind them in the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie.

Re: Spinach Amigatec #25933 Apr 18th, 2007 at 01:20 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,805 Canada - zone 2b Rosepetal Rosepetal Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,805 Canada - zone 2b Hey great to hear of your spinach, don't you just love spinach salad. Can't wait for mine this year again. Kindness is a language the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

Re: Spinach Rosepetal #26186 Apr 19th, 2007 at 04:50 AM Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 12,160 triangle, virginia tkhooper OP Official Taste Tester OP tkhooper Official Taste Tester Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 12,160 triangle, virginia I am definitely looking forward to spinach salad.

Re: Spinach tkhooper #26190 Apr 19th, 2007 at 05:07 AM Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 30,520 N.Y. weezie13 The Compost Queen weezie13 The Compost Queen Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 30,520 N.Y. Is that the one kind that's callled Hot Spinach Salad, with a bacon dressing???? Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2

Re: Spinach weezie13 #26329 Apr 19th, 2007 at 07:38 AM Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 12,160 triangle, virginia tkhooper OP Official Taste Tester OP tkhooper Official Taste Tester Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 12,160 triangle, virginia the wilted salads like Weezie mentioned are great. But I'm just as happy with doing half spinach and half iceberg lettuce along with the rest of the veggies and just pouring Ranch dressing on it. The dark leafy spinach adds iron to the rest of the good stuff in the salad and adds more taste than the iceberg lettuce alone would give it. Last edited by tkhooper; Apr 19th, 2007 at 07:39 AM.

Re: Spinach tkhooper #26599 Apr 19th, 2007 at 10:10 AM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,805 Canada - zone 2b Rosepetal Rosepetal Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,805 Canada - zone 2b Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm Weezie I love spinach with that dressing. Kindness is a language the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

Re: Spinach Rosepetal #26667 Apr 19th, 2007 at 10:42 AM Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 30,520 N.Y. weezie13 The Compost Queen weezie13 The Compost Queen Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 30,520 N.Y. I used to work in restaurants... and those were always pretty popular!!! Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2

Re: Spinach weezie13 #26930 Apr 19th, 2007 at 06:05 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,805 Canada - zone 2b Rosepetal Rosepetal Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,805 Canada - zone 2b There's quite a few recipes for spinach. Where did the idea come from that we eat spinach cooked, salads are better and my kids eat them too. Kindness is a language the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

Re: Spinach Rosepetal #27106 Apr 20th, 2007 at 04:41 AM Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 12,160 triangle, virginia tkhooper OP Official Taste Tester OP tkhooper Official Taste Tester Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 12,160 triangle, virginia I also like spinach in my crustless quiches.

Re: Spinach tkhooper #29102 Apr 23rd, 2007 at 05:33 AM Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 287 Lehigh Valley, PA 'Sparagus Member 'Sparagus Member Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 287 Lehigh Valley, PA I have a nice row of spinach coming up. This will be my first year starting it in the spring. 2 years ago I planted it in the fall, it just grew a little before winter, survived on the hot side of the house, and then the transplants got huge in the spring and early summer!

Re: Spinach 'Sparagus #29733 Apr 24th, 2007 at 03:51 AM Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 12,160 triangle, virginia tkhooper OP Official Taste Tester OP tkhooper Official Taste Tester Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 12,160 triangle, virginia That's incredable that it lasted all winter I had no idea it could do that. My sprouts aren't growing now and I'm wondering do all of them stay sprout sized for a few weeks before they take off?

Re: Spinach tkhooper #29752 Apr 24th, 2007 at 05:07 AM Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 46,822 Likes: 33 Southern Missouri JunieGirl Frogger JunieGirl Frogger Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 46,822 Likes: 33 Southern Missouri I love spinach salad, because by the time I get thru adding butter & such to cooked spinach I might as well not eat it. I have not eaten Iceburg lettuce since I learned the nutrive value of it. It does add a crunchy texture to slads though. About that wilted salad dressing--anybody have an easier way to do it---I have a fear of pouring vinegar into a hot skillet. ________ Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!! .....

Re: Spinach JunieGirl #29852 Apr 24th, 2007 at 06:59 AM Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 30,520 N.Y. weezie13 The Compost Queen weezie13 The Compost Queen Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 30,520 N.Y. Some of those types will over winter.. Even the likes of Swiss Chard will over winter.. (if covered from the actual snow, like in a tubular greenhouse like or I've even done a bed sheet believe it or not) The only problem is, early you can eat some , but they usually bolt by summer or end of summer depending on summer's heat/sun temps.. and then they flower and get tough... Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2

Re: Spinach weezie13 #30161 Apr 24th, 2007 at 01:03 PM Joined: May 2004 Posts: 99 East Bay, Cali JustAGirl Member JustAGirl Member Joined: May 2004 Posts: 99 East Bay, Cali I only got one spinach sprout and it died. I have no luck with spinach. What didn't die and is doing really good is my lettuce, endive and kale.

Re: Spinach JustAGirl #30162 Apr 24th, 2007 at 01:07 PM Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 30,520 N.Y. weezie13 The Compost Queen weezie13 The Compost Queen Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 30,520 N.Y. Swiss Chard is good too, and it's alot of fun when you grow the kind called "Bright Lights" There's oranges, red, white, green's and yellows'.. I Love those in a home made beef vegetable soup I make.. and it's got as much bulk as spinach does.. Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2

Re: Spinach weezie13 #30174 Apr 24th, 2007 at 02:02 PM Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 12,160 triangle, virginia tkhooper OP Official Taste Tester OP tkhooper Official Taste Tester Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 12,160 triangle, virginia I'll have to be on the look out for some of the Swiss Chard 'bright lights' it sounds wonderful. I start the lettuce and the spinach inside. I killed on of the spinach trying to get the seed hull off of the tip of the seed leaf. I ended up pulling the entire seedling up. Oooops on me. The lettuce are still going fine they just haven't grown any. I may be doing the lettuce and the spinach inside this year. It went from the 20's to the 70+'s overnight. Crazy silly weather.

Re: Spinach tkhooper #30257 Apr 24th, 2007 at 05:16 PM Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,237 Haskell Oklahoma Zone 6b Amigatec Amigatec Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,237 Haskell Oklahoma Zone 6b Spinach likes nice loose soil, I have added enough wood chips/cow manure in the last couple of years to finally get a good crop of spinach. I always direct sow mine. One OS to rule them, one OS to find them: One OS to bring them all and in the darkness bind them in the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie.

Re: Spinach Amigatec #31420 Apr 26th, 2007 at 05:32 AM Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 12,160 triangle, virginia tkhooper OP Official Taste Tester OP tkhooper Official Taste Tester Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 12,160 triangle, virginia Loose soil I don't have yet so I guess it doesn't matter that the spinach bit the dust. Grrrrh. Sniffle.

Re: Spinach tkhooper #31422 Apr 26th, 2007 at 05:35 AM Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 46,822 Likes: 33 Southern Missouri JunieGirl Frogger JunieGirl Frogger Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 46,822 Likes: 33 Southern Missouri loose soil--well ok, so how does one accomplish that--so far I have manure & sand added to my garden soil, Bless my husband!! My spinach seed has not had time to even maybe some up yet--so I guess I will have to be patient. ________ Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!! .....

Re: Spinach JunieGirl #32326 Apr 27th, 2007 at 04:52 AM Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 12,160 triangle, virginia tkhooper OP Official Taste Tester OP tkhooper Official Taste Tester Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 12,160 triangle, virginia My compost is nice and loose. Do you have a compost pile?

Re: Spinach tkhooper #32462 Apr 27th, 2007 at 09:42 AM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,805 Canada - zone 2b Rosepetal Rosepetal Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,805 Canada - zone 2b I had good luck with my lettuce and spinach last year, and my soil was most clay with some sand mixed in. Had to move to a new spot so this topic was a good read. Now I'm into more clay type soil so I'll have to add lots of whatever to make it ready. Kindness is a language the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

Re: Spinach Rosepetal #32468 Apr 27th, 2007 at 09:46 AM Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 12,160 triangle, virginia tkhooper OP Official Taste Tester OP tkhooper Official Taste Tester Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 12,160 triangle, virginia Gypsum is good for adding to clay. Compost is what I'm using but it's taking more time. Because I really don't do that much compost each year. It's a small gardening space that I have to work with.

Re: Spinach tkhooper #32585 Apr 27th, 2007 at 12:38 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,805 Canada - zone 2b Rosepetal Rosepetal Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,805 Canada - zone 2b I add peat moss each year and that helps a bit as well. Kindness is a language the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

Re: Spinach Rosepetal #34140 Apr 29th, 2007 at 09:28 PM Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 46,822 Likes: 33 Southern Missouri JunieGirl Frogger JunieGirl Frogger Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 46,822 Likes: 33 Southern Missouri TK: nope no compost pile--started one at the end of the season in a corner of my garden, but we just incorperated it into my garden when we tilled last week. (hope that helps) --& when do I add the pet moss, at the end of the year?? ________ Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!! .....

Re: Spinach JunieGirl #34164 Apr 30th, 2007 at 04:12 AM Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,237 Haskell Oklahoma Zone 6b Amigatec Amigatec Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,237 Haskell Oklahoma Zone 6b I pulled all of the rest of my spinach yesterday. Got 2 5 gal buckets full, blanched and froze it, and filled 5 quart bags. I had a good year this year for spinach. I didn't plant any turnip greens this year, but I sure had several mixed it with the musturd greens and the spinach. My favorite green has the be collard. I will plant some of that this fall. One OS to rule them, one OS to find them: One OS to bring them all and in the darkness bind them in the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie.

Re: Spinach Amigatec #36036 May 1st, 2007 at 08:34 PM Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 46,822 Likes: 33 Southern Missouri JunieGirl Frogger JunieGirl Frogger Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 46,822 Likes: 33 Southern Missouri well at least my spinach is coming up now--but I am afraid the heat will win---I don't know why I live here---below zero one week & soggy and then in the 80's the next what is a person to do??? ________ Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!! .....

Re: Spinach JunieGirl #36042 May 1st, 2007 at 08:45 PM Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 30,520 N.Y. weezie13 The Compost Queen weezie13 The Compost Queen Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 30,520 N.Y. Sometimes a shade cloth can do wonders to give some hot sun relief and cooler dirt/soil temps with it.... Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2

Re: Spinach weezie13 #36148 May 2nd, 2007 at 05:26 AM Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 46,822 Likes: 33 Southern Missouri JunieGirl Frogger JunieGirl Frogger Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 46,822 Likes: 33 Southern Missouri I am lost---you mean kinda like a tent for a party, only small for my spinach? ________ Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!! .....

Re: Spinach JunieGirl #36233 May 2nd, 2007 at 06:19 AM Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 30,520 N.Y. weezie13 The Compost Queen weezie13 The Compost Queen Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 30,520 N.Y. Originally Posted by JunieGirl I am lost---you mean kinda like a tent for a party, only small for my spinach? You can find shade cloth at your local garden centers and nurseries. You can cover your tomatoes, sweet peppers, cucumbers and other sun-sensitive vegetables with a 30% shade cloth. Take stakes or poles, pound into the soil/ground/dirt to keep the cloth off of plants. Attach the cloth or secure the cloth to the stakes/poles so it forms a sort of tent.. *Exactly like a "party tent" for them to get shade from the sun...* Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2

Re: Spinach weezie13 #36397 May 2nd, 2007 at 11:43 AM Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 46,822 Likes: 33 Southern Missouri JunieGirl Frogger JunieGirl Frogger Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 46,822 Likes: 33 Southern Missouri bless you--will do, if it ever stops raining. I can already taste the spinach.!! ________ Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!! .....

Re: Spinach weezie13 #40223 May 8th, 2007 at 06:04 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 66 Sacramento, California chrissy fair Member chrissy fair Member Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 66 Sacramento, California It got warm here early, we are actually in the 90's this week. I have harvested my lettuce twice already and made a beautiful salad with that and the spinach. looking good so far!! I'm also on my second crop of radishes...I think I plznted too much..lol. i'll post some pictures sometime.

Re: Spinach chrissy fair #40280 May 8th, 2007 at 07:38 PM Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 46,822 Likes: 33 Southern Missouri JunieGirl Frogger JunieGirl Frogger Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 46,822 Likes: 33 Southern Missouri I think next year, I am going to take one of my BIG pots indoors & plant my spinach & lettuce indoors and then keep it indoors where I can control the temp & the sun. sounds like a good experimant to me--- ________ Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!! .....

Re: Spinach JunieGirl #40342 May 9th, 2007 at 03:28 AM Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 12,160 triangle, virginia tkhooper OP Official Taste Tester OP tkhooper Official Taste Tester Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 12,160 triangle, virginia the problem will be damp off disease. So keep the hydrogen proxide handy. I tried it last year and it didn't work for me so hopefully you will have better luck.

Re: Spinach tkhooper #40380 May 9th, 2007 at 05:21 AM Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 46,822 Likes: 33 Southern Missouri JunieGirl Frogger JunieGirl Frogger Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 46,822 Likes: 33 Southern Missouri yea I guess you are right---BUT I have to try something don't I??---For sure I have had more years without any spinach than those with spinach-- hey, if I had a pot--I could always start sooner outdoors and then bring it in to my garqage on nights when there was gonna be frost, right?? ________ Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!! .....

Re: Spinach JunieGirl #40696 May 9th, 2007 at 09:48 AM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,805 Canada - zone 2b Rosepetal Rosepetal Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,805 Canada - zone 2b I planted my spinach, leaf lettuce, rommaine lettuce and radishes last week and they're not up yet. It's quite cool here yet so I'm hoping they will all do well. Everyday I go and take a peek but nothing so far. Kindness is a language the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

Re: Spinach Rosepetal #42853 May 12th, 2007 at 06:05 AM Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 12,160 triangle, virginia tkhooper OP Official Taste Tester OP tkhooper Official Taste Tester Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 12,160 triangle, virginia it won't be long but the sprouts are really tiny so sometimes I don't see them for a while even after they are up.

Re: Spinach tkhooper #43101 May 12th, 2007 at 06:25 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,805 Canada - zone 2b Rosepetal Rosepetal Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,805 Canada - zone 2b My spinach and lettuces and radishes are all up, it looks so nice to see all the seedlings in a row. Patience....patience that's what we all need. Kindness is a language the deaf can hear and the blind can see.