Key Attributes

Sun
Sun: Full Sun / Partial Shade
Packet
Packet: 250 Seeds
Days To Maturity (# Days)
Days To Maturity (# Days): 50
Botanical Name
Botanical Name: Spinacia oleracea

Viroflay, Spinach Seeds

The Viroflay Spinach is a gourmet French heirloom that was developed prior to 1866. The big, smooth leaves of this Spinach variety is a deep green color and grows up to 10 inches long. This very fast growing plant is popular for fall planting.
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Key Attributes

Sun
Sun: Full Sun / Partial Shade
Packet
Packet: 250 Seeds
Days To Maturity (# Days)
Days To Maturity (# Days): 50
Botanical Name
Botanical Name: Spinacia oleracea

Product Details

Weight

.025

Plant Height

12-24"

Botanical Name

Spinacia oleracea

Seed Type

Seed

Additional Characteristics

Cool Season Vegetables,Freezer Friendly Vegetables

Seeds Per Gram

69

Seeds Per Pound

31,300

Row Spacing

12-18"

Packet

250 Seeds

Sow Depth

1/2"

Seeds Per Ounce

1,956

Breed

Open-pollianted

Sun

Full Sun / Partial Shade

Types

SMOOTH-LEAF SPINACH

Maturity

Main Season

Uses

Freezer Friendly

Life Cycle

Annual

Sow Method

Transplant

Plant Spacing

2"

Categories

Spinach

Germination

4,5,6,7,8,9

Days To Maturity (# Days)

50

Heirloom

Heirloom

Seeds Per Acre

9.5 lbs

Components

Growing Instructions

    Learning Download: How to Grow Spinach

Spinach is known as a cool-weather plant, meaning it excels in the spring and fall months. During the summer, the plant will produce a flowering stalk and bitter leaves. This is called bolting. Different varietals of spinach can be used to create a colorful bouquet of varying tastes in one’s garden.

Before Planting: Spinach grows in a wide range of soils but should have a pH between 6.5-7.5. Spinach germinates best in cool soil between 50-60°F.

Planting: Begin sowing in early spring as soon as the ground can be worked. Summer sowing with higher soil temperatures will lead to low germination. Do not use a heat mat to germinate. If sowing has to be done during warmer weather, irrigating can help cool the soil and improve germination. Sow in mid to late summer for a fall harvest. Spinach can also be planted from late summer until freeze-up in protected structures for fall, winter, and spring harvest. Using floating row covers offers additional winter protection. For baby leaf: Sow in a 1/2″ apart, 2-3″ bands, 1/2″ deep, about 40 seeds/ft.For a continuous supply, sow every 7 days. For bunching and full size: Sow 10 seeds/ft., 1/2″ deep, rows 12-18″ apart.

Watering: Water regularly, and keep soil moist with mulch.

Fertilizer: Fertilization can include blood meal, cottonseed, composted manure or liquid fertilizer, though spinach is a quick grower and gardeners may want to only revert to fertilization if their spinach is experiencing slow growth. Radishes planted nearby spinach will attract leaf miners away from spinach leaves. The leaf miners don’t harm the underground radish.

Days to Maturity: Leaves are ready once they are large enough to eat according to each individual gardener’s taste. (See each variety for days to maturity)

Harvesting: For baby leaves, Clip small leaves in 3-5 weeks, depending on time of year and speed of growth. Harvest spinach full size but before bolting, cutting just below root attachment for “rooted spinach”, or cut higher for “clipped spinach”.

Tips: It is also possible to cut the plant about two inches above the soil when it begins to bolt and it may produce again. In colder climates, gardeners can cover their crop with hay, and it may sprout again in early spring.

AVG. Seeding Rate: For full-size leaves: 10M/1,000′, 290M/acre at 10 seeds/ft. in rows 12-18″ apart. For baby leaf: 1M/25′, 25M/125′, 1,200M/acre at 40 seeds/ft. in rows 18″ apart.

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