Spinach Baby Lakeside F1 Hybrid Seeds — Spinacia oleracea

Premium Baby Spinach for the Home Garden

Spinach Baby Lakeside F1 Hybrid (Spinacia oleracea) is a top-performing baby spinach variety bred for exceptional flavour, uniformity, and bolt resistance. Lakeside produces a generous crop of small, tender, dark green leaves with a mild, sweet flavour — perfect for salads, smoothies, stir-fries, and wilting into pasta or eggs. As an F1 hybrid, it offers superior vigour and consistency, making it one of the most reliable baby spinach varieties available for NZ home gardeners.

Why Gardeners Love It

• 🌿 Tender baby leaves — mild, sweet flavour perfect for salads and smoothies
• ⚡ Fast-growing — ready to harvest in as little as 25–30 days
• ❄️ Excellent bolt resistance — holds well in cooler temperatures
• 🌟 F1 hybrid vigour — uniform, consistent, and highly productive
• 📅 Great for successive sowing — sow every 2–3 weeks for a continuous harvest

Growing Tips for New Zealand

Spinach is a cool-season crop that thrives in autumn, winter, and spring in New Zealand. Sow direct from February through to October, avoiding the hottest summer months when bolting is likely. Sow seeds 1 cm deep, thinning to 10–15 cm apart. Prefers a sunny to partly shaded position in rich, moist, well-drained soil. Water regularly and feed with a nitrogen-rich fertiliser to encourage lush leafy growth. Harvest outer leaves as needed for a cut-and-come-again crop, or pull whole plants when mature.

💡 Grower's tip: Spinach loves cool roots — a light mulch around the base will help retain moisture and keep the soil temperature down, extending your harvest season.

What's in the Packet

Each packet contains 15 seeds of Spinach Baby Lakeside F1 Hybrid (Spinacia oleracea), with sowing and growing instructions included.