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Spinach in Newfoundland
Ideal for early and late plantings around the warm part of summer.
demo estimate Guidance awaiting local review.
- Suitability for Newfoundland
- Cool-season — well suited
- Indoor seed start
- Not usually needed
- Transplant / sowing
- Direct sow ~3 weeks before typical last frost
- Frost tolerance
- Tolerates light frost
- Days to harvest
- 35–50 days
- Sunlight
- Part sun (2–4 hrs) or more
- Spacing
- 10 cm apart
- Wind
- Moderate — some shelter helps
- Containers
- Works in containers
- Greenhouse
- Helpful
Common problems here
- Bolting with long days
- Leaf miner
Varieties that make sense for a short season
- Slow-bolting types
Harvest
Baby leaves in a month; full leaves soon after.
Will spinach work in your garden?
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