Re: [gardeners] Re: Potatoes/spinach

Allen and Judy Merten (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Tue, 20 Oct 1998 23:43:15 -0500

Hi Penny in Halifax,
    Did you get to eat any of the Bright Lights? If so how does the taste compare to regular spinach?
    Allen
    Bastrop Co.,Tx
    Zone 8

Penny Nielsen wrote:

> Hi Jane - thanks for the info.  I guess perennial was too good to be true.  I believe I tried a slower bolting one which fits your description last year and was not as pleased with it as my regular ones. Think I got it from Maine.  I tried the bright lights this year too (still lots left in the garden) and wasn't as impressed with this one either.  It has been really attached with some type of bug or slug eating away at the leaves.
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> I think I'll go back to my regular ones which I buy locally.
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> Penny in Halifax, N.S.
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> >>> Jane Burdekin <burdekij@bvsd.k12.co.us> 10/20 1:21 PM >>>
> Hi Penny,
> NZ spinnach is a slow bolting spinach.  The leaves are more pointed and
> it's not as bumpy of a leaf.  It is not a perennial here in Colorado.  It
> also doesn't collect the sand as much as regular spinnach.  I like both,
> but prefer the traditional kind.  It may be a perennial for George but not
> here.
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