Tragopan Spinach is a fast-growing F1 hybrid that reaches harvest in just 24 days, making it one of the quickest spinach varieties from seed to table. Bred for upright growth and compact form, this newer variety thrives in winter tunnels and cool-season conditions, delivering tender leaves when you need them most. With strong resistance to Downy Mildew, it handles the fungal pressures that plague many spinach crops, letting you focus on harvesting rather than managing disease.
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At 24 days to harvest, Tragopan Spinach rewrites the timeline for fresh greens, delivering usable leaves faster than most spinach varieties. Its upright, bush-like growth habit means efficient use of space, whether you're growing in a tunnel, bed, or container. The F1 hybrid vigor ensures vigorous germination and consistent plant quality, while Downy Mildew resistance protects your crop from one of spinach's most persistent fungal threats.
Tragopan Spinach is grown for its tender young leaves, harvested fresh for salads, sautés, and quick-cooking applications where speed from seed to kitchen matters. The short 24-day window makes it particularly valuable for succession plantings, allowing gardeners to have continuous harvests throughout the growing season.
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While direct seeding is customary for spinach, some growers choose transplanting using systems like the Paperpot Transplanter, especially when germination has been difficult due to warm soil temperatures or damping off concerns. If starting indoors, sow in cool conditions and transplant once seedlings are established.
Harden off transplants before moving to the garden. Transplant into fertile, well-moistened soil with pH 6.0, 7.5. Spacing depends on your harvest strategy: closer spacing for baby leaf, wider spacing for mature plants. Transplanting can ensure full stands when direct-seeding has been problematic.
Sow directly in early spring as soon as the ground can be worked. Sow in mid-to-late summer for a fall harvest. Avoid sowing when soil temperatures exceed 85°F (30°C); if necessary, irrigate to cool the soil and improve germination. Sow in moist, fertile soil with pH at least 6.0, preferably 6.5, 7.5.
Tragopan Spinach reaches harvest-ready leaves in 24 days from sowing. Cut outer leaves once plants are large enough to handle, or harvest entire plants at the baby-leaf stage for maximum tenderness. Frequent harvesting encourages continued leaf production.
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