[al78]

My perpetual spinach keeps throwing up flower stems and has been doing for a few weeks now. Until recently it has not been excessively warm (estimate no more than 25C prior to the current Spanish plume) and whilst it has been dry, it has not been excessively so (no more than a week between significant rain). The heatwave last July was as warm as currently and bone dry for about three weeks yet the perpetual spinach did not bolt. At the moment I'm picking off the flower stems as they are produced. Will the plant still produce more leaves or should I sow some more later in the summer so that it is cooler when it matures?

[mumofstig]

They obviously felt stressed, poor things 

I'd sow some more now, to take over from those 

[Madame Cholet]

mines bolted more easily this year keep sowing.

[brianbishop]

I think the name perpetual is a misnomer, it isn't!! I sow and grow twice a year , spring and early autumn,to overwinter.
Bish