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Chard Seeds - Description
- Pack of Chard Seeds
- Variety: Bright Lights
- Packet Size: Approx. 150 Seeds
- Mixture of Vibrant Stem Colours Including
- White, Cream, Yellow, Orange, Pink & Red
- Produces Leaves for Salads
- Easy to grow
- Steam stems and treat leaves like spinach
- Pick as baby leaves for colourful salads
- High Yielding
- Can be Harvested Throughout the Year
- Quality seeds from Mr Fothergills
Chard Seeds - Sowing Instructions
- Sow: April to July
- Sowing Location: Outdoors
- Can plant or sow directly outside in late Spring
- Space plants 40cm apart or thin later
- Harvest: July to November
- Give cloche protection from October onwards to encourage winter cropping
- Preferred soil: Will do well in average garden soil
- Prefers pH below 6.5
- Protect against slugs, caterpillars & snails
- Can be harvested for individual leaves or by lifting the entire plant
- Plants left to die back in winter will crop earlier in spring
- See images or 'How to Grow' tab for full growing instructions
Chard Seeds - Advantages
- Suitable for growing in containers
- Easy to grow
- Can be used as 'cut and come again' plant
- Offers great colour & variety to a salad
- Great flavour & texture
- Low cost
- Can be grown for Winter greens
- Excellent source of vitamin C
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