Even though it is too cold to plant spinach outdoors I am
getting ready to plant Ferry-Morse organic spinach seeds in containers. I like to have my salad bowl of spinach close to my kitchen and thus the containers will sit in the sun on my back deck.
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Today I washed my container out with dawn antibacterial
dish soap and rinsed them well in the shower.
Then I let them air dry. When the
containers were completely dry I then mixed organic matter with potting soil in
the container and set them aside.
(If you do not have compost for your organic matter then buy a bag of manure)
Now the containers are ready for planting spinach seeds and
as soon as the weather warms to an average of 20 F I will set the containers outdoors
in a full sun area and plant the organic spinach seed ½ inch under the soil and space 8 inches apart. When the seeds are all planted I will water them well.
Caring for Spinach:
Keep the soil evenly moist but not wet. If the soil should dry out the spinach will have
stress and the plant will bolt. Watch for
weather that may dip below 15 F. If the weather is extremely cold, cover spinach plants with row covers.
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Attribution: This spinach photo is in the public domain in the United States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CDC_spinach1.jpg
