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  • From: Etienne Goyer <etienne.goyer AT outlands.ca>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] spinach from transplant??
  • Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:58:44 -0400

Marty Kraft wrote:
> I have a lot of trouble with spinach seed germination. For example i
> have one plug flat of 200 where two plants came up. If i sow in the beds
> about a fourth of the row comes up. I'd be interested in the secret for
> growing spinach. Maybe the seed was no good? Don't know. Where does the
> best seed come from? I'm trying some seed i've saved today.

IIRC, spinach seed germination rate fall pretty dramatically after a
year in storage. Where your seeds old?

Also, there was a very good and thorough article on growing spinach in
Growing for Market a few months ago (June? July? not sure which issue)




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