Bloomsdale Spinach Seeds - 10 Grams - Heirloom

This spinach is the most delicious green thing I have ever eaten in my entire life. When I shared this with my neighbor, her reaction was the same as mine: Her eyes lit up brightly, and she said, "Mmm, this is like spinach candy! How is that possible?"I don't know how that's possible, and I think spinach candy sounds less than appetizing, but this stuff is perfect. The largest leaves are the size of an ostrich egg, but they don't get bitter. They're the perfect crunch, sweetness, saltiness, and bursting delicious flavor. I can't describe this well enough. If you're reading this review, you're a spinach fan. If you're a spinach fan, you have GOT to try this stuff. Yum!Oddly, my neighbor's fiancee shrugged when he tasted it. To him, it was mere spinach. Good spinach, but just spinach. De gustabus non disputatum.No one else in my life has tried it. To be honest, I've been pretty selfish about keeping it to myself. None of the leaves have made it indoors, or been washed off.I planted these last fall with seeds that are 4 years old. They germinated, but stayed tiny. This lasted all winter. The packet says they can overwinter in sub-freezing temperatures if they're mulched, and mine did just that. When spring got warm and damp enough for the plants' liking, they exploded. All of a sudden, I had fully grown delicious spinach!I have tried harvesting the outer leaves so these guys keep producing, but I'm having limited success. These would be easier to harvest all at once than using the cut-and-come-again method unless you are very patient. They have enjoyed the moderate summer temperatures we've been having, and the self-watering containers I have them in keep the soil almost too moist. So far, no problems despite the constant damp.The stalks are like a different veggie. They're like celery, but they taste a bit better and are slightly less stringy. They're nothing to write home about, but they aren't bad.I haven't tried cooking these. As I said, they're eaten immediately after I cut them off. I often eat one or two leaves as a snack.I don't know yet when or how they'll bolt. We haven't had any sustained high temps. We've had several weeks of high 70s and sometimes it gets warmer than 90, but they show no signs of bolting yet.They've attracted red spider mites, but they've also ignored the same nites. There are just a couple of tiny holes each harvest, and the leaves are so crisp and wrinkly I can never tell whether they've just cracked or if the holes are the result of being eaten. Each "hole" is a tiny slash the length of the tip of my fingernail. Tiny!I think that covers my reaction and the growing conditinos they've thrived under. I have actually gone through my garden and ripped out the Teton Hybrid spinach to plant more of this stuff. It is SO good. The only other veg that even comes close were the bulls blood beet microgreens, but that's another review for another time.I hope you love this leaf as much as I do - happy gardening!