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my trick for germinating spinach in the heat
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Spinach is notorious for being extra picky about the soil temperature at which it germinates. Too cold and you'll be waiting weeks for the first sprout. Too hot and your seeds will refuse to germinate at all. And by "too hot," I mean anything over 75°F, which—in most climates—your soil has long surpassed. So you see the conundrum here: How do you get spinach to germinate in summer if you want to harvest it in fall? And keep it from bolting when you plant it out next month? ​You're gonna have to give the seeds this simple treatment.​ This is how I get my spinach seeds to germinate in 3 days! Seasonal tipsShipping daily!Straight from my own garden in Bend, Oregon, I'm shipping organic Egyptian walking onion seeds (bulbils) through the end of the coming week (while supplies last). These rare perennial onions are hardy to zones 3–10, easy to grow, not picky about soil, and can turn into a "forever" patch of green onions if you leave a few plants in the ground each year.
And check out my walking onion growing guide when you're ready to plant. The seeds (which are actually bulbils, as seen below) can be planted anytime from now through fall. P.S. Spinach won't germinate in hot soil, so if you want to start seeds in summer for a fall harvest, here's my trick to get seeds to sprout in just days (not weeks). P.P.S. If you're trying to plan a fall garden but it feels too chaotic with summer happening, use my Ultimate Garden Diary to help you keep track of everything: when you started seeds, when they sprouted, when and how much you harvested of your summer crops, and more. |
Garden Betty
For people who want to grow more food with less work. 🌱 This is my weekly newsletter loved by 38,000+ subscribers—here's what one of them had to say: "These are not the regular run-of-the-mill garden-based emails. You actually touch on more unusual tidbits that encourage me to keep growing and learning."