[Mel]

Hi all  

I have ad a dire year with my spinach,it just wishes to bolt when it is just 2-3 inches in height! last year,we had heaps of tall green lush Spinach,I have no idea what is wrong this year,any ideas?

[deepinthewoods]

spinach likes shorter days so try another sowing now, also not too much sun and plenty of water.

[Hermit]

Also grow some perpetual beet alongside just in case, I use it as spinach

[northfifeduckling]

I use chards or perpetual, seems to fare better than annual spinach. Also just ordered tree spinach seeds - I'm quite excited to see how it will do.

[little blue]

mine's been savaged by slugs ... and snails ... and the goat!
I prefer perpetual too, and even the leaves of fodder beet (no real difference is there?!)

Funny weather all round I reckon, lots of plants are confused

[MelRice]

Talking of funny weather ive got a cowslip flowering at the moment poor confused plant!!!