Thanks BVV. I did a short soak, but maybe an overnight is really what is needed. I have been diligent about watering the seeds and adding compost. I do think buying fresh seed each year for spinach is important.
I have this yellow planter that I have grown micro dwarves by the patio door in the winter and I didn't do that this year with a late fall keeping tomatoes coming through about Halloween. So I'm going to do a mini test run of these 4 chards to see if any differences can be seen--obviously a different environment than outdoors but might provide some insight. One difference I noticed already when sowing the seeds was the Perpetual Spinach and Barese varieties had smaller seeds than the other two.
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