I’ve bought spinach starts in the past and had a great time harvesting spinach all season - just a few leaves off the bunch each time and more would always grow.
But this year I sprouted seeds myself and I was disappointed when they didn’t grow into the nice bunches I had seen before. Just these leggy little plants. They have nice leaves but not many of them.
Should I be sprouting several seeds together? Or just plant a lot of these closer together? Is it an issue of variety? If anyone has thoughts I’d love to hear them. Thanks
Sprout together and thin them out once they get some true leaves (spinach shaped ones). If you don’t thin them, they’ll still grow, but the roots will compete with each other. I usually get a high germination rate on the seeds I get from Johnny’s Seeds, so I only put 1-2 per planting hole, and forget to thin them.