Growing profiles
Choose how this crop will be grown. Dimensions, spacing and timing belong to the selected profile—not to the species as a single universal value.
Standard spinach
Cool-season spinach for direct sowing and repeated leaf harvest.
- Biological height
- 20–45 cm (8–18 in) Source
- Mature canopy
- 15–35 cm (6–14 in) Source
- Plant spacing
- 7.5–15 cm (3–6 in) Source
- Row spacing
- 30–60 cm (12–24 in) Source
- Layout
- parallel rows · open ground Source
- Support
- Usually unnecessary
- Container
- At least 2 L (0.5 US gal) · 1 plant Source
- Best germination temperature
- 15 °C (59 °F) Source
Climate-relative calendar
Planning estimates become local dates after the gardener supplies frost dates and current conditions. Harvest and crop-removal dates are estimates: actual crop condition takes priority.
Plant Spinach42 days before last spring frost to 21 days before last spring frost SourceSourceRecommended: Soil temperature at least 0 °C (32 °F) for 3 consecutive days. Source
Thin Spinach seedlings14 days after plant spinach to 21 days after plant spinach Source
Repeat sowing of Spinach14 days after plant spinach to 21 days after plant spinach Source
Begin harvesting Spinach40 days after sowing to 50 days after sowing Source
Finish harvesting Spinach21 days after first harvest to 45 days after first harvest
Remove Spinach cropthe expected end of harvest to 7 days after the expected end of harvest
Agronomy release agronomy-2026-07-11-r1 · reviewed 2026-07-11 by Gardeningist agronomic research synthesis. Each fact links to its supporting source.