"Todd" > wrote in message
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> On 02/09/2013 12:13 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> Oh! Have you tried real spinach. Spinach is not flat.
>>> >Only the hybridized stuff lays flat in a shipping container.
>>> >Which is probably why is tastes like crap. The real stuff
>>> >is all crinkly. I was thinking of trying to grow some
>>> >real heirloom spinach to see how much different it tastes.
>>> >Have you tried any heirloom spiniches.
>
>> Good gravy! Some spinach is flat. Okay... Some background. Not only
>> do I
>> come from a long line of farmers
>
> The perfect person to ask! Almost all my stuff bolted on me
> last year with the extra hot weather. (lost most of my purslane.)
> I was thinking of this spinach for my spinach experiment:
>
> http://www.highmowingseeds.com/Organ...d-Spinach.html
>
> Supposedly, it has a high bolt resistance. (And does not lay flat.)
> Any suggestions?
>
> The local farm suggests that I use this compost with worm casings
> and bat poop and other stuff. I used a little of it on my tomatoes
> to get them gong last year. And it worked, but I only had two
> weeks before the freeze came and killed everything. My few
> tomatoes before hand were tasteless like store bought tomatoes
> but after they were amazing. But only got two weeks worth -- rats.
> Felt like crying. (Only felt like it, didn't actually do it.
> wouldn't want anyone to mistake me for being "sensitive".)
>
> Do you like this compose idea?

Chicken poop is commonly used here. Or fish fertilizer. But fertilizer
won't help with bolting. Hot weather is what causes that. But the key to
any greens is to reseed every two weeks.