Swiss Chard
Swiss chard is another nutritious vegetable and is highly regarded for its vitamin content. It is valued for the rich, green leaves it produces. Although Swiss chard is a close relative of the beet family, it does not produce roots as beets do. It was first cultivated in the ...
Swiss chard is another nutritious vegetable and is highly regarded for its vitamin content. It is valued for the rich, green leaves it produces. Although Swiss chard is a close relative of the beet family, it does not produce roots as beets do. It was first cultivated in the Mediterranean region, and remains very popular there.
Growing tips: Swiss chard is quite delicious and much more heat tolerant than spinach, which requires cooler weather for survival. Harvest outer leaves one inch from the base when they are 8 to 10 inches high. Sow seed May through July for summer and fall harvests.
Average Seed Count: 125 per packet; 1,900/Oz.
Growing tips: Swiss chard is quite delicious and much more heat tolerant than spinach, which requires cooler weather for survival. Harvest outer leaves one inch from the base when they are 8 to 10 inches high. Sow seed May through July for summer and fall harvests.
Average Seed Count: 125 per packet; 1,900/Oz.
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