Swiss Chard : Seakale Beet : Rhubarb Chard

Swiss Chard : Seakale Beet : Rhubarb Chard

1 packet (150 seeds) @ $2.65

Catalog Code: 591

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Swiss Chard : Seakale Beet : Rhubarb Chard

Vegetable

  • Days to Harvest: 60 Days

Description

A colourful and tasty form of Swiss Chard with rich ruby-red leaf stalks and dark greeny purple foliage. Produces an abundance of large, tasty leaves and wide mid-ribs. Cook the succulent mid-rib like asparagus and serve with melted butter. Easier, and some consider tastier, than spinach. If the plants are left to flower, the flower stalks can be cooked and eaten like sprouting broccoli.

Sowing Instructions

Sowing time:spring for a summer/autumn crop, mid to late summer for an autumn/spring crop.
Sowing depth:3cm (1in) deep, in rows 30cm (12in) apart.

Sow very thinly in ordinary garden soil in drills.

Growing Instructions

As the seedlings grow, gradually thin out to 23cm (9in) apart. The thinnings can be trimmed of their roots and cooked.

Aftercare Instructions

Water freely through the season and harvest by picking a few leaves from several plants rather than completely stripping one, snapping them off near the base of the plant.