If you find a good technique for fall spinach, please post it. My one attempt at fall spinach was a failure, not even worth picking. I can't remember for certain now if the plants just stayed small or if they bolted while still small, but I think they just put up a few small leaves and then kind of yellowed. At any rate, I was turned off from trying it again, but maybe I just tried it on a bad year for fall spinach or was doing something wrong?

I tried for fall spinach last year, planting in the shade of the peas and it bolted when it was small. A friend of mine told me to cut off my spring spinach at the base and let it sit during the summer and it would start again it the fall. Guess I cut it too short cause nothing is happening. I'm going try fall spinach again I have space cause the deer took out some of my lettuce. Will post results, Cheryl

Fall spinach is one of the major crops in my garden here in Saskatoon. Try a bolt-resistant cultivar like Tyee. August 15th is the ideal planting date.

Cover with insect barrier row cover (AG 15), NOT a heavier grade, as soon as you plant. Keep the soil continuously moist (water lightly 2x a day) until plants germinate.

First harvest should be ready in late September, at which time you can switch the row cover to a moderate thickness (AG 30) to pick again in mid-October and a final harvest at Halloween or slightly after.

Double the row covers after winter cold arrives (below -15 C). The spinach should overwinter and produce again in spring, albeit briefly.

Hey Slimy, I knew that somebody had said to plant August 15th.

I'm going to give it a try, as I've got some bare space to use.

I think someone, or you, also said not to plant it where the other had been if there was any leaf miners the previous time. Is that correct?

Thanks!

No it wasn't me but that statement is totally true. The leaf miners will be even worse if you place a row cover on top, because that creates a nice, sheltered, predator-free environment for them.
You should inspect your spinach every now and then to check for the white, oval egg masses laid on the leaf undersides.

So that's what those were =:)

Thanks and I'll post later with my success or failure.