{"title":"Spinach","description":"Spinach variety seeds.","products":[{"product_id":"semences-epinard-savoie-long-standing-bloomsdale-ancestral","title":"Bloomsdale Long-Standing Heirloom Spinach","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpinacia oleracea.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA monument of North American market-garden heritage. The original Bloomsdale variety was introduced in 1826 by the Landreth seed company, near Philadelphia, on the farm of the same name — making it one of the oldest spinaches in continuous cultivation on the continent. The \"Long Standing\" selection is an improvement made in the early 20th century to slow bolting, that dreaded moment when the spinach, taken by surprise by long days and heat, starts to flower and turns bitter. The \"Savoy\" in its name evokes the crinkled texture of the leaves — thick, puckered, glossy dark green, holding a little more sauce and flavour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mild, sweet flavour, lightly mineral, with that small ferrous touch that made its reputation (and Popeye's, even if it's a bit more modest today than once thought). Excellent raw in salad when the leaves are young, sublime wilted in a pan with a little garlic and butter, slipped into a lasagna, a gratin or a quiche, or simply blanched and pressed to cradle a poached egg. A cool-season cultivar par excellence — to sow early in spring and again at the end of summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrower's tip:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spinach does not forgive heat. Above 24 °C, combined with the long days of June, it bolts no matter the variety. To stretch the spring harvest, sow as soon as the soil can be worked (April in Québec, sometimes late March under a tunnel), in successive rows every two weeks. Resume sowings in late August for a particularly tender fall harvest — spinach loves the cold and even tolerates the first frosts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen-pollinated. Dioecious (male and female plants are separate) and wind-pollinated: for rigorous seed saving, isolate from other spinach varieties.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeight: 20-30 cm.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaturity: 45-50 days (young leaves can be picked from 30 days).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExposure: full sun in spring and fall; part shade in summer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRich, cool, well-drained, slightly alkaline soil (pH 6.5-7.5). Thin to 10-15 cm.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirect-sow in successive rows from early April to late May, then late August to mid-September. Tolerates light frosts; can be overwintered under mulch for a very early harvest the following spring.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Joual Vert","offers":[{"title":"100 Pre-purchase","offer_id":41393537745068,"sku":"GC-H-SPIBLO-80","price":0.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500 Pre-purchase","offer_id":41393537777836,"sku":"GC-H-SPIBLO-400","price":3.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2.5k Pre-purchase","offer_id":39597370310828,"sku":"GC-H-SPIBLO-2K","price":12.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12.5k Pre-purchase","offer_id":42237526966444,"sku":"GC-H-SPIBLO-10K","price":39.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0532\/1388\/8684\/products\/bloomdale_0dcf5b1c-341c-4fe7-9b8b-46387138aafd.jpg?v=1699044973"},{"product_id":"bette-carde-pinard-perpetuel-ancestrale","title":"Perpetual Spinach Chard Heirloom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeta vulgaris subsp. cicla.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA somewhat mysterious plant, poorly known because it doesn't bear the right name: not really a spinach despite its nickname, not entirely a Swiss chard despite its lineage. It's in fact an old leaf-chard variety (subspecies \u003cem\u003ecicla\u003c\/em\u003e of the same \u003cem\u003eBeta vulgaris\u003c\/em\u003e as the beet), selected over the centuries not for spectacular stalks but for its tender, fine leaves with a flavour astonishingly close to spinach. The \"perpetual\" in its name comes from its main feature: unlike true spinach, which bolts as soon as heat and the long days of June arrive, this chard imperturbably resists bolting and produces fresh leaves throughout the whole season, from spring to hard fall frosts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeaves wider and milder than those of spinach, with a more discreet central vein than on classic Swiss chard, and a more delicate taste — which makes it, for many gardeners, the best all-purpose leaf of the vegetable garden. All spinach uses suit it: wilted in the pan with garlic and butter, in a lasagna or quiche, as a stand-in for a nettle soup when you don't have nettles on hand, in creamy almond pesto, in pasta with salmon, in a frittata. The harvest is by continuous picking: take outer leaves as needed and the plant produces new ones from the centre for months. A single well-sown row feeds a family in green leaves all summer — impossible with true spinach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrower's tip:\u003c\/strong\u003e Like all chards, each \"seed\" is a glomerule containing several seeds fused — sow less densely than you think and thin early. Biennial — most plants sail through the summer unflinching, then bolt the following spring. In Québec, under good mulch, several gardeners succeed in overwintering plants for an ultra-early spring harvest before bolting. Otherwise, re-sow each year — a single spring sowing carries the whole season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen-pollinated. Biennial — flowering only occurs in the second year. Wind-pollinated; crosses with beets and other chards — isolate for seed saving.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeight: 30 to 50 cm.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaturity: 50 to 60 days for full leaves; young leaves from 30 days.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExposure: full sun to part shade.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRich, deep, well-drained, neutral to slightly alkaline soil. Thin to 20-25 cm.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirect-sow as soon as the soil can be worked (early May in Québec). A single planting produces until hard frost. 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