[pran vallaba]

hi all

    i brought some spinach plants a summer variety and they are about 6 inchs tall if that and have started bolting .why is this and how can i stop this ...
   
    is it better to sow from seed also is it to late to sow from seed

               many thanks in advance

[Trillium]

Could be that the purchased plants were rootbound in their containers, so the plant is signalled to make seeds. The best way for spinach is to direct seed some, every 2 weeks so you've got a continuous supply of young leaves over a long period. The original planting will either have bolted or gotten too tough and needed pulling.  Spinach does prefer cooler weather but this succession planting will fool it.

[pran vallaba]

what spinach seed do u recomend

[gobs]

Whatever Trillium has, might not be available here, but Bloomsdale is a decent one.