[barbarella]

I have sowed some perpetual spinach in jiffy pots and they have germinated well.  I know that the seeds are actually fruits and contain more than one seed so should I pinch out all but one seedling in each jiffy pot before planting them out in the allotment? 

[Yorkie]

Welcome to the site Barbarella 

'Fraid I don't know as I don't grow this, but hopefully a moderator will move your thread to the Grow Your Own forum where more people should see it and will even possibly know how to answer !! 

[Ice]

Your wish is my command Yorkie1.

I grow perpetual spinach and would advise you to pinch them out and leave one per pot for planting out. 

Pop over to the welcome forum and introduce yourself Barbarella.

[little sweetpeas]

I have sowed some perpetual spinach in jiffy pots and they have germinated well.  I know that the seeds are actually fruits and contain more than one seed so should I pinch out all but one seedling in each jiffy pot before planting them out in the allotment? 

I don't know if this is what your ment to do but I don't pinch them out, I plant them out as they are and this works for me. I grow PS each year this way and end up with a healthy 12ft double row.

[jb]

Your wish is my command Yorkie1.

I grow perpetual spinach and would advise you to pinch them out and leave one per pot for planting out. 

Pop over to the welcome forum and introduce yourself Barbarella.

Just typing up a reply and you beat me to it Ice. Also instead of pinching out, if you don't like wasting healthy-looking seedlings, you can try sliding the unwanted looking plants out (including the root) using tweezers and replant in other pots to give more plants for planting out. I use this approach with beetroot as well but expect some casualties.

[barbarella]

Thanks very much for the replies - two for pinching out and one against so far    I am tempted to pinch out (and try to rescue) some and popping the other jiffy pots in as they are - a sort of mini trial.  I will make a note to come back to this topic at harvest time and let you know how I got on.

[8doubles]

If you want lots of baby spinach don`t thin them out , if you want a few big plants do. I think this is true with most veg.You can always pick some plants hard and remove later.

[Elcie]

Perpetual spinach has been one of my biggest success stories from my first year last year (began July).  Got some plants from Ebay and planted this quite a big distance apart.  Got lots of large leaves.  In a separate bed I planted lots of seeds and didn't thin at all and have lots of smaller leaves (great for salads raw as well as steamed).  I am still picking from the plants now.  I have had loads of leaves off both sets.  If I were you I would do a bit of each.  Prick some out for the larger leaves but leave some as they are for smaller baby spinach.

[barbarella]

Perfect solution - thanks for that.