Cultivar Variety

Bloomsdale Long Standing

Open-Pollinated · Heirloom

Bloomsdale Long Standing is a 1925 heirloom spinach valued for its crinkled, dark-green leaves, cold tolerance, and long-standing place in home gardens.

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Specifications

Variety Profile

Maturity: 21–55 days
Growth Habit: —
Breeding: Open-Pollinated · Heirloom
Plant Spacing: 4–12 in apart
Mature Width: 12 in
Mature Height: 6–12 in

Growing Spinach

Sow Depth: 0.24 in–0.51 in
Sprouts In: 7 days–10 days
Soil Temp: 45°F–68°F
Sun: 4 hrs–6 hrs
Frost: Hardy
Lifecycle: Annual
Sowing Method: Direct Sow or Transplant

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Cultivar traits reflect breeder and supplier records. Cultural growing facts reflect general species guidelines.

Actual garden performance varies by region, weather, and soil.

Distinguishing Traits

Bloomsdale Long Standing is grown for its thick, crinkled, glossy dark-green leaves and rich, robust flavor. The leaves are also described as frilly and semi-savoyed, a texture typical of this early spring variety. It is slow to bolt and frost tolerant, traits that support heavy yields, and that cold tolerance carries a culinary reward: after the plant endures a couple of frosts, the leaves turn buttery and sweet.

Uses

The leaves are wonderful eaten raw, cooked, or frozen for later use, and thinnings can be tossed into salads. Growers who give the plants ample space get large, robust leaves on sturdy stems suited to bunching, while sowing seeds more tightly yields a harvest of baby leaves instead.

Performance

Bloomsdale Long Standing is suited to both spring and fall plantings. Its cold tolerance also supports a September sowing aimed at winter and very early spring harvests.

Historical Origin

Bloomsdale Long Standing is a heirloom spinach dating to 1925, and it has remained a classic, reliable variety in cultivation ever since.

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