When to Cut Spinach in Arkansas, and How Long It Really Keeps
In Arkansas, cut spinach in two short windows: spring, from seed sown in late winter, and fall, from seed sown once the soil cools.
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In Arkansas, cut spinach in two short windows: spring, from seed sown in late winter, and fall, from seed sown once the soil cools.
Fast, cold-tolerant leafy greens are Nebraska’s best bet: mizuna, tatsoi, komatsuna, baby bok choy and the mustards.
Sow Asian greens in Montana twice a year: in spring, a couple of weeks before the last freeze, and again in early to mid August, about eight weeks before…
Stop cutting when most of the spears coming up are thinner than a pencil. That is an object to look at, not a date to circle.
In Arizona’s low desert, cut spinach while the plant is still growing leaves: pick the outer ones once they’re big enough to eat, and pull the whole…
Plan on 60 to 90 days from planting to the first ears, counted from the day the soil is warm enough, not from the last frost.
Pick fast, cool-tolerant types: mizuna, tatsoi, baby bok choy, komatsuna and leafy mustards.
Cut spring spinach before the longest day of June, and sow the fall crop in July so it can be cut around mid-September.
Cut a pumpkin once the color is full and the rind has hardened, and cut it before frost with the stem still attached.
Sow Asian greens in Missouri twice a year: in early spring, around the average last freeze of April 6 to April 20, and again in late summer, so the crop…