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Bright Lights Chard Seeds
Bright Lights Chard produces copious amounts of 18"-22" leaves in a wide assortment of colors. Use the small leaves just like spinach! Stir fry th...Read More...
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Fordhook Giant Chard Seeds
Fordhook giant chard is vigorous variety is noted for its dark green deeply savoyed leaves and thick white stems. Plants are tall at 22-27 inches ...Read More...
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Golden Stem Swiss Chard Seeds
French in origin. Glowing gold stems hold slightly savoyed tender green leaves. Golden Stem reaches 20" tall. Vigorous grower that may be contin...Read More...
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Lucullus Chard Seeds
"Lucullus Chard grows as large as rhubarb, the white midrib is very broad and heavy, and the leaf is heavily crumpled or "Savoyed." The midrib and ...Read More...
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Perpetual Spinach Seeds
Not spinach at all, but because it still keeps giving healthy green leaves during the heat when most spinach has gone to seed it does seem perpetua...Read More...
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Ruby Red Chard Seeds
An outstanding chard that has corvette red stems that extend into bright green leaves forming one of natures amazing works of art. This tasty, low...Read More...
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Schnittmangold Gelb Swiss Chard Seeds
From Switzerland the name means "yellow cutting chard". A beautiful chard with large greens leaves and smooth, slender ivory colored ribs. Very m...Read More...
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Heirloom Chard Seeds Beta Vulgaris
| Seed Depth |
Soil Temp for Germination |
Days to Germination |
| 1/2" |
55-75 |
6-15 days |
Approximately 40-55 heirloom seeds per gram. Heirloom chard is a leafy vegetable that makes a good alternative to
spinach. Growing heirloom chard can be easier than growing spinach as it is
better able to withstand higher/lower temperatures and droughts. As
well as its value as a food crop Swiss Chard also has a very striking
value as an ornamental plant and many times it appears in a gardens
ornamental borders or ornamental pots. Heirloom chard is an excellent source of
vitamins and minerals.
Preparation: Turn
over the soil and dig in some well composted manure a number of weeks before
sowing. This will help soil moisture retention and soil aeration. Make
sure to break up any large clods of soil with your fork and rake the
soil to obtain a fine soil structure in which to plant your Chard seeds.
Sowing: Heirloom chard is normally sown directly into the soil. Sow the Chard seed in rows around 45cm apart and about 5 cm apart. The seeds should be sown at around 1/2" depth. The plants will need thinning. If left until around 8" in height before thinning then the thinned plants can be treated like an early harvest and the young leaves will be extremely tender and tasty. Chard doesn't like a soil that is too acidic, an acidic soil will stunt growth. Chard grows well in a soil of around 6.5 - 6.8.
Some of the best heirloom chard seeds: fordhook chard seeds, bright lights chard seeds, argentata chard seeds, five colored silverbeet chard seeds, Lucullus seeds, Ruby Red chard seeds, Golden seeds, Gold Glebe chard seeds, Canary Yellow chard seeds, Flamigo Pink chard seeds, Vulcan chard seeds, Oriole Orange chard seeds, Large Ribbed chard seeds, Pink Lipstick chard seeds, Orange Fantasia chard seeds, and Rhubarb Chard seeds! Goodness, who knew there were so many!!
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We strive to sell the highest quality open pollinated and heirloom seeds. Our chief concern is empowering you, the customer, to be able to grow your own vegetables year after year by being able to save your seed. Not growing GMO seed or hybrid vegetable seed allows you to keep the seed your plants create and know you'll get the same vegetable every time. We value your input and comments and want to create a community of concerned citizens who care about the food they eat, the ground they grow their vegetables in, and the world in which we live. To protect your pollinators and bees, please limit or eliminate your pesticides use, they will thank you for it! Thank you again for purching such high quality heirloom seeds!
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