Lizard Spinach is a fast-maturing F1 hybrid spinach that reaches harvest in just 28 days, making it one of the quickest greens you can grow from seed. This slow-bolting variety produces dark green leaves and thrives in spring and summer growing seasons, offering reliable harvests when timed right. The compact bush growth habit makes it equally at home in small garden spaces or larger production plots, while its resistance to Downy Mildew provides practical disease protection that reduces the need for fungicide interventions.
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Speed is Lizard Spinach's calling card: a 28-day harvest window means you can sow in early spring and have tender greens on your table by late April, or succession-plant every two weeks for continuous summer picking. The dark green color deepens as plants mature, signaling peak nutrition and flavor. Its slow-bolting nature keeps leaves tender longer than many spinach varieties, reducing that frustrating sprint to harvest before heat triggers flowering. As an F1 hybrid, it combines vigor and uniform growth, so you'll get consistent-sized plants across your entire planting.
Lizard Spinach is grown primarily for fresh harvest of tender leaves, which are typically eaten raw in salads or lightly cooked as a side green. The 28-day maturity makes it especially useful for spring and summer harvests when gardeners want quick results without the weeks-long wait of larger spinach varieties.
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Spinach can be started indoors using methods like the Paperpot Transplanter, particularly helpful if direct seeding has struggled due to warm soil or damping off disease. This approach ensures fuller, more reliable stands.
Transplant hardened seedlings outdoors in early spring after acclimating to outdoor conditions. Space plants appropriately for your desired harvest size; closer spacing yields smaller leaves for tender salad greens.
Direct sow in early spring as soon as the ground can be worked, or in mid-to-late summer for a fall harvest. Avoid sowing when soil temperatures exceed 85°F (30°C), as germination becomes unreliable. Cool soil promotes the best germination rates.
Begin harvesting approximately 28 days after sowing when leaves reach desired size. Pick outer leaves first to encourage continued growth from the center, or harvest the entire plant by cutting just above soil level for tender whole-plant greens. The slow-bolting nature of this variety extends your harvest window compared to standard spinach, allowing you to pick progressively rather than rushing to complete harvest before flowering.
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