Butterflay Spinach

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20 days to baby leaf harvest 45 days to full leaf harvest Spinacea oleracea

We just love the melt-in-your-mouth deep green leaves of Butterflay Spinach, full of deep mineral succulence at any stage from baby leaf to full-size leaves. All spinach grows best in cool temperatures but Butterflay is exceptional, easily surviving uncovered in our gardens each winter.

At Fruition, we sow spinach in September for a fall harvest that will overwinter and re-grow with the sweetest, most tender leaves as soon as the snows melt. Even if you don’t fall-sow your spinach, tuck them in first thing in spring when you plant your peas to enjoy the maximum harvest before the heat of summer inspires them to bolt in June.

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3 reviews for Butterflay Spinach

  1. Joan Huyser-Honig

    Although I’m a good gardener, I’ve rarely had success raising spinach–until I planted Organic Butterflay Spinach from Fruition. It’s been an especially good cold frame crop this spring, thanks to their email newsletter section for overwintering it.

    • Heather (verified owner)

      YaaHOoooooo! Wishing your baskets full of spinach in this and many seasons to come 🙂 -The Fruition Team

  2. Richard Nuzzi (verified owner)

    I agree with Joan! I had never had much success with spinach, but Butterflay is incredibly abundant and delicious, with no oxalic acid teeth-fuzziness. I’ll plant a PILE more in my pit greenhouse here in the foothills west of Boulder, CO.

  3. gwynnek1 (verified owner)

    I planted this spinach outside in a 14” pot in early Feb/zone 7a. It came up very quickly, so I added more seeds so we could eat the baby leaves (and maybe let a plant or 2 grow to full size).

    The plants are all a deep healthy green, despite our temperatures veering now from 34-70 degrees.

    The best part is they have a more subdued, fresh taste abd better texture than store-bought baby spinach. It’s hard to pass by them without eating a few.

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Organic Butterflay Spinach

Planting Method: Direct Sow or Transplant

To Direct Sow: Early spring & early fall, sow 10 seeds/foot

For Transplanting: Early spring & late summer indoors, sow 2 seeds/cell thinned to 1. Harden off (reduce water & temp 3-7 days) before transplanting out

 

Seed Depth: 1/2 inch    Days to Germination: 5 at 77°F (25°C); 21 at 50°F(10°C)

Sun Needs: Full/Part

Spacing (after thinning/transplanting): 2 seeds per inch for baby spinach; 5-6 inches for full size plants; rows 12 inches apart.

Days to Harvest:  20 days baby; 45 full size   

Harvest: Harvest in 3-5 weeks for baby spinach; 45 days for full size.

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