Spinach Seaside F1 (baby)
Spinach Seaside F1 is a great variety for the warmer months as this hybrid is very slow to flower. Seaside spinach produces spade shaped dark green leaves well suited to use as a baby spinach. This is a high quality variety well suited to home gardeners or market gardeners requiring Spinach over the warmer months. Can also be grown in winter too.
Sow: late August to April (cool climate) – use as quicker crops in Mid Dec to early Feb
Spacing: For baby leaf – 3 seeds per 3 cm in rows 6 cm apart. for full size – plants 15cm apart with 30cm rows.
Germination: Optimal Soil temperature is 14 to 18 C (around 7 to 14 days to germination, erratic germination if sown when soils are higher in temperature – Best germination rates sown to the outside temperatures outside of warmer months and not on a heat mat)