Help With Spinach Plant..Please

[redhen]

So i just planted my baby spinach plants tonight... and a few of them have grown weird because i waited too long to get them in the ground. They have like small 1-in leaves on the outside of the plant, but on the inside of the plant there is a tall "shoot" type of thing with (i think) seeds on it..... (maybe 6-in tall)...
Have they gone to seed already? Will they still produce?
Thanks for any input..

 

[maple]

feed it to your rabbit?

 

[Wolfwoman]

Sounds like it's gone to seed, sometimes if you clip that off they'll keep growing.

 

[rancher hicks]

This is my first year growing spinach which is a cold weather vegetable. Mine have gone to seed but I cut them back before they set seed.

 

[redhen]

Thanks for the help! I'll try to cut them back and see if they make it...
Worse comes to worse the critters will eat them...

Thanks again!

 

[maple]

This one says you can let them bolt and go to seed and collect the seeds if you like the variety...so you can plant more.

http://www.bukisa.com/articles/30687_how-to-grow-spinach-in-your-vegetable-garden


and i read another one that talked about cutting back too. give it a try...it can't hurt.

 

[redhen]

Quote:
Thanks!

 

[maple]

your welcome

 

[WoodlandWoman]

Spinach season is kind of short, since it doesn't like hot weather. Chard tastes similar and grows well in cool and warm weather. It's pretty and comes in a variety of colors, too. Maybe you could try some chard. I just harvest leaves from the outside and let the main part of the plant keep growing all year.

 

[PotterWatch]

Yep, it's going to seed. The spinach I have grown got very bitter when it bolted so even cutting it back wouldn't make me harvest and eat spinach that has bolted. Maybe yours will be different, but I would just let it seed and save the seeds for next time.