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Chard Seeds - Description
- Swiss Chard Seeds
- AKA Spinach Beet or Leaf Beet
- VAriety: Bright Lights
- Packet Size: Approx. 125 Seeds
- Mixture of Vibrant Stem Colours Including
- White, Cream, Yellow, Orange, Pink & Red
- Produces Leaves for Salads
- High Yielding
- Can be Harvested Throughout the Year
Chard Seeds - Sowing Instructions
- Sowing Time: Mid Spring through Summer
- Sowing Location: Start under protection
- Can plant or sow directly outside in late Spring
- Space plants 30cm apart or thin later
- Harvest: Most the year - once plants have reached 10cm in height
- Preferred soil: Will do well in average garden soil
- Prefers pH below 6.5
- Requires regular weeding
- Protect against slugs, caterpillars & snails
- Can be harvested for individual leaves or by lifting the entire plant
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
Index
- Sowing Instructions
- How to Transplant
- Crop Maintenance
- How to Harvest
Sowing Instructions
- Sowing Time: Sow indoors under cover in mid Spring
- Can be sown in late Summer for Winter greens
- Sowing Location: Indoors, thin & then transplant out later
- Sow in 24 cell seed trays, 3 to 5 seeds per tray, thin later
- Can be sown directly outside in late Spring
- Sowing Depth: 1 inch (2.5cm)
- Using potting compost, soak compost & then sow seeds
- Cover lightly with compost
- Position in a bright, frost free location
- Keep moist
How to Transplant
- Thin 2 weeks after germination to one seedling per cell
- Once large enough to handle you can transplant out into the garden
- Harden off your seedlings first. Place out during the day for a week before planting out
- Space 30cm apart
- Soil: A fertile soil which is high in nitrogen is best
Crop Maintenance
- Chard benefits from a nitrogen rich soil, add fertiliser before transplanting out
- Thining out: Thin to 30cm between plants
- Keep weeded & moist at all times
- If growing for Winter greens, cover rows of crops with cloche, mini tunnel or fleece tunnel
- Protect seedlings from slugs
How to Harvest
- Can be grown as a cut & come again crop
- Harvest once foliage is 10cm tall
- Cut away leaves at base
- Give plants time to recover
- Can be harvested again
