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Posted: Oct/21/2006 8:39 PM PST
Hi all, I live in Idaho and I'm new to your forum. I have learned so much from reading the posts here. I have a question. I planted spinich in september with plans to harvest before our winter kill and also hoping if I covered it with straw it would make it through the winter and have a head start in the spring. (It worked one year just by accident.) However, I was wondering about transplanting some of this new spinich and bringing indoors to a south window to possibly use during the winter. Has anyone ever tried this? thanks for your input! Lin |
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Posted: Oct/21/2006 8:45 PM PST
Welcome to GG, Lin! i'm not sure that would work because spinach likes cool temps. i never tried it, tho. |
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Posted: Oct/21/2006 8:58 PM PST
The spinich would be in a bedroom that does not have an open heater vent so it would be fairly cool. The only heat would be from the south window. |
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Posted: Oct/21/2006 10:24 PM PST
the best way to find out is try it! keep us posted on the progress...k? 
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Posted: Oct/22/2006 4:19 AM PST
I've never tried to grow spinach inside..but a few thoughts......................... Once you bring it inside...things will happen because of the change ..unless its really young. You won't be able to get it to grow very sizable Overwinter and "volunteers" after winter can happen especially if your growing in a "enjoyed" area..or protected area...if it gets too cold..too hot or whatever chances are it wont come back or even survive over winter Spinach likes it cold....I've had cold plants go deep into winter and I could still could use it....Maybe you could cold frame it...or cover it in a way so it would last deeper into the cold weather for you. Don't worry though--they'll be more gardaners around over the next few days that could have more info for you. |
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Posted: Oct/22/2006 3:13 PM PST
Lin, i found an article for you online. not sure if this will help. it doesn't address gardening spinach indoors: http://www.organicgardening.com/feature/0,7518, s1-5-16-203,00.html |
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Posted: Oct/22/2006 8:40 PM PST
Five weeks after planting my spinich I picked some small baby leaves for a salad and again a week later. We usually have some nice weather in November even though it will get down below freezing at night. I have covered the spinich the last two nights. I planned to cover them with straw and have built a little structure with pvc pipe and plastic sheeting. This morning I transplated the smallest shoots that I figured were least likely to make it throught the winter and planted them in a clear plastic tub with a plastic cover. Brought them inside, but now I think I may put them in the garage. The garage was 55 degrees this morning at 10:00 am so I may leave them out there... I may try planting some lettuce and see what it does inside... it'll be fun to see what happens... ha Thanks for all your input -- the site you provided on winter vegetable gardening was very good! So much to learn! Lin |
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Posted: Oct/23/2006 12:41 AM PST
Great Link Fozbot---I enjoyed that one myself...... |
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Posted: Oct/23/2006 12:50 AM PST
great! glad i could help. another great resource for year-around gardening is [U]THE WINTER HARVEST MANUAL[/U] by Barbara Damrosch and Eliot Coleman. here's another book by Eliot you may find helpful: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/09300317 5X/fourseasonfar-20 scroll down to [U]Four Season Harvest[/U].
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Posted: Oct/24/2006 1:30 AM PST
I've grown some under the grow lights in my basement and pinched off the outer leaves to eat. I was surprised, the plants did ok. I was thinking of doing the same thing with a few swiss chard plants. |
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