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The peas are shooting up rather quickly. The lettuce has sprouted. Beets are up. Turnip are getting their second set of leaves so I will be thinning them out this week. Radish going strong. And I believe I…
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Swiss Chard
Beta vulgaris var. cicla
WD
Also known as
chard (EN)
silverbeet (EN)
A variety of chard
How to sow Swiss chard: Direct seed indoors or outdoors. Transplant seedlings after hardening off.
Sun requirement for Swiss chard: Plant in Full Sun
Swiss Chard is a leafy green vegetable in the Beet family. The thick stems come in a variety of colors including white, pink, red, yellow, orange, and pale green. Chard has large, crinkly leaves with distinctive veins. The leaves and stems are edible and high in nutrients. Swiss chard can be eaten raw, sautéed, baked, or steamed.
- 45
- plantings
- 20
- harvests
- 6
- seed packets
Growing Swiss chard
Annual
living and reproducing in a single year or lessMedian lifespan
26 weeksFirst harvest expected
9 weeks after plantingLast harvest expected
25 weeks after plantingHeight
35cmSpread
20cmRow Spacing
30cmGrown for
leaf harvested 20 timesHow members grow Swiss chard
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Where Swiss chard grow
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What people are saying about Swiss chard
lettuces
turnips
radishes
beets
Who's planted Swiss chard
- littlegardeners Veg Bed · Insch, Scotland
- valgrind Vegetable Garden
- milki Aerogarden Harvest · San Francisco Bay Area
- milki Aerogarden Harvest · San Francisco Bay Area
- milki Aerogarden Harvest · San Francisco Bay Area
Swiss chard harvests
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milki harvested 3 sprigs, weighing 0.03 kg.
about 2 years ago
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milki harvested 1 sprig, weighing 0.026 kg.
about 2 years ago
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milki harvested 1 bunch, weighing 0.038 kg.
about 2 years ago
milki harvested 3 sprigs, weighing 0.03 kg.
Find Swiss chard seeds
- Skud will trade nationally.
- cfarm will trade locally.
- pazinjanka will trade locally.
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Ecological requirements
Data from the FAO EcoCrop database for Beta vulgaris var. cicla
| Family / Taxonomy | Magnoliopsida Caryophyllidae Caryophyllales Chenopodiaceae |
|---|---|
| Optimal temperature | 15 - 25 °C |
| Absolute temperature | 5 - 35 °C |
| Optimal rainfall | 800 - 800 mm/year |
| Absolute rainfall | 500 - 1000 mm/year |
| Optimal soil pH | 6.0 - 6.5 |
| Absolute soil pH | 5.5 - 8.3 |
| Crop cycle | 50 - 150 days |
| Life form | herb |
| Life span | biennial |
| Habit | acaulescent (or rosette plants) |
| Optimal soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) |
| Optimal soil texture | medium |
| Optimal soil fertility | high |
| Optimal soil drainage | well (dry spells) |
| Optimal soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Photoperiod | long day (>14 hours) |
| Optimal light | very bright to clear skies |
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