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Chard Seeds - Description
- Pack of Chard Seeds
- Variety: White Silver
- Packet Size: Approx. 350 Seeds
- Produces Leaves for Salads
- Easy to grow
- Cook leaves like spinach and mid ribs like celery
- Baby leaves can be used in salads
- Very long cropping
- 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
- Leaves and stems can both be eaten
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