Product Description
Bloomsdale Long Standing Spinach (Spinacea oleracea) is a cold-tolerant annual that is the most popular spinach cultivar grown in the United States today. Bloomsdale spinach is incredibly winter hardy and, if protected, will make it through most winters. The deep green leaves are fleshy, heavily savoyed (crinkled), and strong in flavor. These heirloom spinach seeds are part of The Seeds That Built America collection by Harvesting History and are made in the USA!
Planting and Care
Bloomsdale Longstanding Spinach can be sown in the early spring for a summer crop and in early summer for a fall crop, and needs full sun to thrive.
Plant your heirloom spinach seeds 1 inch apart, directly into the ground, as soon as the soil can be worked in the spring. The soil should be deeply spaded before planting, and the rows should be 18 in. apart. When the seedlings are 2 inches high, thin them, leaving 4-6 inches between plants. The spinach seeds will germinate in 10-14 days. The seeds will not germinate once the soil temperature is above 70 degrees Fahrenheit.
Your spinach plants will reach maturity in 40 days, just in time for salad season!
Inspiration
Spinach was native to central and southwest Asia and was first cultivated in Iran. Wild varieties can still be found throughout Asia, North Africa, and Europe. New Zealand spinach, which is not actually spinach but an excellent alternative, was introduced to North America in 1772.
Eighteenth-century Williamsburg was the home of many ardent gardeners and plant collectors who often exchanged seeds with fellow enthusiasts in Great Britain. Gardeners obtained their seeds from store merchants or from traveling seedsmen. Today, the Colonial Williamsburg seed program continues the tradition by offering many varieties grown in the 18th century.
