Spinach Microgreen Seeds

Grow Your Own Tender, Fast-Growing Baby Spinach Microgreen Seeds

Experience the satisfaction of harvesting your own fresh, tender baby spinach right from your garden. Our Spinach ‘Madrid’ Baby Leaf F1 seeds are a premium hybrid variety, specially selected for their rapid growth, incredible flavour, and exceptional performance in Australian climates, particularly in warmer regions like Queensland. In just 20–35 days, you can be enjoying nutrient-packed, dark-green leaves, including from our spinach microgreen seeds, in your favourite salads, smoothies, and meals.

Why You’ll Love ‘Madrid’ Baby Leaf Spinach Seeds

• Incredibly Fast Harvest: Get ready to cut your first crop of delicious baby leaves in as little as 20–35 days, perfect for impatient gardeners!
• Ideal for Warm Climates: Performs exceptionally well during the warmer months, holding its quality where other varieties may struggle. It’s an excellent choice for growers in Queensland and other subtropical areas.
• Heavy Yields & Easy Harvesting: Its uniform, erect growth habit not only produces an abundant crop but also makes harvesting clean and efficient.
• Continuous “Cut-and-Come-Again” Supply: Simply shear the leaves above the crown, and the plant will regrow, providing you with multiple harvests from a single sowing. Sow every few weeks for a season-long supply!
• Superior Leaf Quality: Produces stunning, dark-green leaves with a thick, slightly pointed shape that resists splitting, ensuring a perfect harvest every time.
• Strong Disease Resistance: Features high resistance to Downy Mildew ($Peronosporafarinosa$ f. sp. $spinaciae$ (Pfs) 1–11, 15–16) and intermediate resistance to strains 12 & 14, giving you a healthier, more reliable crop.

Flavour, Texture & Nutrition

‘Madrid’ spinach offers a wonderfully mild, sweet flavour and a delightfully tender, smooth texture, free from the bitterness found in some mature spinach. It’s the perfect leafy green for fresh salads, vibrant smoothies, sandwiches, wraps, or a light sauté. Plus, it’s a nutritional powerhouse, packed with essential vitamins A, C & K, as well as iron and folate.

How to Grow ‘Madrid’ Spinach

Plant Details at a Glance

• Botanical Name: $Spinacia$ $oleracea$
• Plant Type: Annual leafy vegetable
• Height: 20–30 cm at baby leaf stage
• Days to Baby Leaf: 20–35 days
• Flavour: Mild, sweet, and tender

Sowing Instructions

• Germination: 7–10 days at 10–20 °C. Germination can decline in overly hot soils.
• Sowing Depth: Sow seeds 0.5–1 cm deep.
• Position: Full sun to light shade. Afternoon shade is beneficial in hotter periods.
• Where to Sow: Sow directly into garden beds, raised beds, or containers.
• Soil: Prefers fertile, well-drained soil rich in organic matter with a pH of 6.5–7.5.
• Spacing: For baby leaves, sow seeds 1–2 cm apart in wide bands or rows spaced 10–15 cm apart.

Growing Tips for Success

• Watering: Keep the soil consistently moist but avoid waterlogging, especially in warm weather.
• Mulching: Apply a layer of mulch to retain soil moisture and keep the root zone cool.
• Successive Sowing: For a continuous, season-long supply, sow a new batch of seeds every 2–3 weeks.
• Harvesting: Harvest the outer leaves as needed or shear the entire plant about 3-4 cm above the ground to encourage regrowth for a second or third cut.

When to Sow Spinach in Your Australian Climate

• Temperate: March–May & August–October
• Subtropical: April–August (Best during the cooler, drier months)
• Tropical: May–August (Grow during the coolest part of the year)
• Cool: September–November & February–March
• Arid: April–September