Spinach in Zone 4?
What's a good spinach for zone 4? Are these fairly difficult to grow or about the same as any other greens?
- gixxerific
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Spinach can be very finicky, but luckily you live in an area that should be great for spinach as they thrive in the cold. Bloomsdale Long Standing is the standard but if you are looking for that curled leaf (or Savoy as it's called) type of spinach Tyee and Melody are a good varieties. However, even in MN when summer comes on, say goodbye to your spinach. It just won't grow. I replace mine in mid summer with Perpetual Spinach (a spinach like type of chard) and Malabar Spinach(definitely an acquired taste)
- jal_ut
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I think any of the varieties will do good for you. Plant it as early as you can get on your ground. It is a cool weather crop, and as others have said it will go to seed when it gets hot. I always have spinach go to seed, and in the spring when the snow leaves, there is spinach already growing from last years seed. It gets going early and is my first harvest.