Gone to seed - spinach, greens

[cochlear_nerve]

Hello

The texel greens and spinach in my garden have gone to seed - they are lanky and have started flowering. What's my best plan? Salvage any leaves then pull them out? Chop them back?

Apologies if this has been asked before.

Thanks.

[Muscroj]

funny, I was wondering the same thing about my rocket. I just keep cutting off the flower heads as the come up, but not sure how much longer they'll keep going.

[Annpan]

Oh yes, spinach and rocket seem to go to seed very quickly. I leave the flowers for the bees and continue to harvest the leaves (though I have heard that the leaves can taste bitter after they have bolted, I have never noticed a difference in taste) When I get sick of the sight of them, or need the space, I pull them up and stick 'em on the compost heap.

Spinach and rocket are things that you should successionally sow anyway. I plant more when the previous sowing is just getting established, which works out about every 3 weeks or so. Then you should always have a new group of plants coming up.

[Millymollymandy]

Agree with Annpann and add coriander to the list of things to keep on sowing!

[cochlear_nerve]

This kind of answered itself. The returns diminished to the point that it seemed best to pull the plants out and grow something else. Thanks for advice.