PREMIER SEEDS DIRECT - Swiss Chard - Rainbow Mix - 75 Seeds - Organic

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You should also keep mobility in mind. If you want to take your plants indoors in advance of the winter, during hot summer conditions, or move your pots to follow the sun, you’ll need to be sure you can lift them.

By all means, allow your spring-planted Chard plants to grow through summer but it is not a good idea to plant Swiss Chard for growing during the summer months. Swiss chard isn’t too troubled by pests or diseases, but here are a few things to watch out for when you’re tending to your crop. Patches of Discoloration in Your LeavesRegularly hoe around the Swiss chard plants to keep the soil loose and increase mineralisation. This, in combination with sufficient water, promotes nutrient availability. At the same time, hoeing removes weeds. Diseases and pests The ideal pH range for Swiss chard is 6.0–6.5, a range that most vegetables enjoy. You can conduct a soil test to find out the garden’s pH, and the test results will also reveal any nutrient deficiencies. To collect the seeds, allow the seed stalks to dry and wait until the seeds are completely brown before harvesting and storing in a cool, dark and dry environment. 2) Fill Shallow Pots When I buy a big bunch of green, red, or rainbow chard, I almost always cook the leaves. For me, they’re a little spongy and tough to use raw in salads, though baby chard, if it’s available, is a great salad base. Its several cultivars have sufficiently varying flavours to please spinach-lovers and kale-lovers… and quite possibly also those who do not like either spinach or kale! Commonly Grown Cultivars

We all go crazy over spinach and kale, but when was the last time you cooked Swiss chard? This vibrant leafy green is one of my favorite vegetables to work with. It’s endlessly versatile – my go-to Swiss chard recipes range from smoky Mojo bowls to a lemony pasta – and its stems are just as edible as its dark green leaves. Because I think we could all be cooking it more often, I wanted to share a little Swiss chard 101 today. If you’ve never worked with chard before, I hope these tips and recipes will encourage you to try it. And if you’re already a Swiss chard pro, I hope a recipe here will inspire you to prepare it in a new way. There’s no limit to what Swiss chard can do! joegardener Online Gardening Academy Growing Epic Tomatoes : Tomato expert Craig LeHoullier joins me in leading this course on how to grow healthier, productive tomato plants and how to overcome tomato-growing challenges. If you want to grow chard microgreens in a container, soak the seeds in cold water for 24 hours before planting to help speed up germination.Chard prefers deep, humus-rich soil in a sunny to semi-shady location. It also has a high and regular water requirement. Once you have found the right location for your chard, it is easy to care for. Watering and fertilising With directly sown Swiss chard, the seedlings need to be thinned to a final spacing of 30cm to allow the plants room to grow as they mature. Yes! Chard looks great in containers as a central, feature plant, with low-growing bedding plants around the edges. Sow in modules first then transplant when they have a few true leaves. Choose a large container filled with a good peat-free compost, such as Miracle-Gro® Peat Free Premium All Purpose Compost. Water regularly as containers can easily dry out. Can chard grow in shade? Chard can have red, burgundy, yellow, bright pink, white or orange stems. They look stunning all year around, but particularly against a frosty or snow-white ground. The names of different chard varieties often give a clue to the stem colour:

Swiss chard seeds can be direct sown any time after the last frost date, and the seeds will germinate once the soil temperature has reached 50°. For earlier harvests, Swiss chard may be started indoors three to four weeks before the last frost date. Sow seeds in sterile seed-starting mix, with two seeds per cell. The seeds can sprout in as few as five days if the soil temperature is between 50° and 85°. One week after the seeds were sown, thin seedlings to one per cell.

Frequently asked questions about chard

It can also be sown under cover in the autumn to crop the following year. 1) Harvesting Chard Seeds

Since spider mites are a little tougher to get rid of, you can turn to the big guns if you can’t get rid of them.Planting and growing: Sow thinly from March to July, 2.5 cm deep and 10 cm apart, in rows 45 cm apart. Alternatively, sow in modules and plant out 2-4 weeks later The thinned Chard plants should not be composted or thrown away – they will make tasty additions to salads and stir-fries. Preferred Aspect If you live in the frigid zones of the north and you want to be sure of protecting your Chard plants, besides mulching them, consider building a low tunnel over them. Growing Chard In Pots You can eat the leaves when young, raw, in salads, or cook the stems and leaves as they mature. Larger stems and leaves are very versatile, and go particularly well in pasta dishes, pizza, omelettes and curries. Can I grow chard in containers?