How to Grow Melody Hybrid Spinach

Start Melody spinach seeds as early as possible in spring. Prepare the soil as soon as it softens enough for digging. Spinach seeds and seedlings tolerate frost and do best in temperatures under 75 degrees F.

Choose a site with partial or filtered sunshine and quick drainage. Spinach can tolerate full sun but does better with the cooler temperatures of partial shade. Till the stop 6 inches of soil to loosen and aerate it and add 2 to 4 inches of organic compost or other organic matter. The amendment gives spinach nutritious, moist soil for growing.

Plant Melody spinach seeds 1/2 inch deep at every 3 inches in the row, and leave 12 inches between rows. Closer planting gives the plants more protection against weeds and drying. Mulch the soil between plantings and rows to keep the soil moister between waterings. Water the spinach with 2 inches of water every four to five days, and expect germination in seven to 14 days.

Harvest Melody spinach early, when the rosettes contain five to six large leaves, for sweet, succulent baby harvests; or leave the spinach alone for its 42-day maturity to harvest larger leaves. Plant new spinach seeds every two weeks to produce a longer-lasting harvest. Discontinue these plantings 20 to 30 days before the summer starts.