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Swiss Chard : Swiss (Seakale Beet) : Lucullus
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Swiss Chard : Swiss (Seakale Beet) : Lucullus
Vegetable
- Days to Harvest: 60 Days
Description
A much more prolific form, with an abundance of large, tasty leaves and wide, white 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. |
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| 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 22cm (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, snapping them off near the base of the plant, from several plants rather than completely stripping one.