Spinach, Lettuce, and Kale Getting Ahead for the Spring

It is now 2021 and it is that time of the season when I start planting seeds for the springtime temperatures that will arrive in a couple of months. In the meantime I can get them started in pots so once warmer temperatures are here they will be ready to be transported into the garden. This year I decided to stick to a few seeds of spinach, lettuce, and kale.

Most of the time I just stick to spinach and lettuce, but this year I decided to add kale into the springtime crop. I normally plant kale in the fall, but this year I want to see if the spring will be more appropriate for them. I am looking to see if they are going to be more productive and hopefully produce large leaves.

Once again this year I am planting spinach in pots, but instead of pots I will be using large pvc pipes for these seeds. These plants need lots of space vertically otherwise they might bolt and begin to seed making them useless in the garden. I did this last season as a test and it seemed to work out quite well. For now I am just sticking with six possible plants coming from these large pvc pipes that I had cut into 13 inch sections.

My lettuce is nothing special and I just planted them in normal pots and placed them underneath some fluorescent lights at the moment. I decided on four pots of lettuce including dynamite, white paris, burgundy, and igloo. Four plants is enough to possibly produce a very decent crop for the spring and hopefully the beginning of summer as well.

The next phase of planting will be my flowers that I grow every season. This year I decided to by alyssum and dill seeds in bulk instead of very small packets from the store. I bought enough to last me the entire season as long as they are able to sprout and grow.