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Swiss chard Swiss Chard planting

grown by shadawyn in Grow Lights · Seattle

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Finished

Planted 2014-01-25

First harvest expected 2014-06-28

Finish expected 2014-07-23

  • Swiss chard
  • Swiss chard
  • Swiss chard
(One emoji = 1 week)

Harvest months

Spring
March
April
May
Summer
June
July, usually harvesting
August, usually harvesting
Autumn
September, usually harvesting
October
November
Winter
December
January, usually harvesting
February, usually harvesting

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

almost 13 years ago 2014-01-25

Progress

Done finished

Quantity

6 seeds

Grown in

semi-shade

Rating

not rated

Grown from

Seed

Weather in Seattle New

Daily high and low
2 °C frost lineSurvives 5–35°Grows best 15–25°
Daily rainfall
Rain
1,253 mm
Hottest day
32.7°C
Coldest night
-4.8°C
Soil temperature
12.2°C
Days in its best range
117 of 361
Days
361

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. The weather is modelled for the area around the garden, not measured in it, and runs a few days behind. The totals, charts and expected weather are our adaptation of that data.

Notes

I'm hoping to have these ready to plant in late February, maybe early March, when our cool season greens are supposed thrive.

Photos

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No frost reached this Swiss chard planting

Frost was possible until 7 May. We have no night temperatures for this Swiss chard planting. The Swiss chard planting went in on 25 Jan, 87 days before the usual last frost (22 Apr).

This Swiss chard planting against the frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
  • Planting, finished
Frost danger it grew through
103 days
from planting to the latest it has come, 7 May
Usual last frost
22 Apr
planted 87 days before it

Experimental: this feature is new and might be flaky. These dates are estimates from 25 km weather-model data, not readings from a station at your garden, so a cold spot can be colder. They may be wrong, so check your national weather service and ask local growers before relying on them.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0)

Harvests

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Jobs

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Crop

Photo of Swiss chard

Swiss Chard

Beta vulgaris var. cicla

a variety of Chard

  • 45 plantings
  • 20 harvests
  • An annual, living about 179 days
  • First harvest about 66 days after planting
  • Last harvest about 177 days after planting
  • Usually grown in sun

World neighbours

Other Swiss chard plantings at the same latitude.