To avoid insect damage, cover the entire row with a floating row cover at planting time. Remove the cover temporarily to thin the plants and then replace until harvest time. Plant in a shaded location as the weather warms up. Spinach bolts to seed quickly once temperatures rise above 75 degrees F . Don't forget to plan a Fall crop.
Spinach does well in the cool weather of Autumn.
Sow seeds 4 to 6 weeks before first expected Fall frost. Dark green, crumpled leaves grow rapidly on this variety. Stays sweet in warm weather. 8 inch tall plants. First introduced in 1908.