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Weirdest spinach ever

14 years ago

OK, I've had spinach bolt - always - but this isn't what I expect to see:

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That stalk is so thick, and there's only one! When I've grown spinach in the past, it's been multi-stalked. Also, the arrow shaped leaves suggest to me that it has bolted, but it tastes fine. Plus we've had about 3 sunny days and none of them notably warm. Is this just some variety I'm unfamiliar with? (I didn't take note when I bought it) Or am I eating not-spinach? It's true that I haven't grown all that much spinach - I'm probably just ignorant.

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Comments (2)

dottyinduncan
14 years ago
Mine looks the same. I have eaten some from this planting and it tastes great but in the past few days it has bolted.
barbe_wa
14 years ago
I have the same thing. Bolted, but tastes great. I chalk it up to the on again, off again weather. I planted 3 varieties, Sammish, Bloomsdale Longstanding and Tyee. The Sammish bolted first, followed about two weeks later by the Bloomsdale, and the Tyee has not bolted so far. That will be what I plant from now on.
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