Rainbow Swiss Chard
Price: $2.45
SKU: 3380021Cover with loose soil and keep moist until seedlings appear. Water weekly after that and cultivate to control weeds. When plants are 1½ to 3-inches tall, thin plants to eight inches apart.
Start harvesting individual leaves when they are about eight inches in length. The leaves become tough with age.
Customer Reviews:
By Amber Schooley on August 16, 2015
I have had no trouble with diseases or pests on the chard, except for a couple caterpillars. They are right next to pepper plants that were attacked by leaf-miners, but they do not seem to have had any effect on the chard. I have about six plants planted in the backyard. Since mature chard is a little on the bitter side for me, I usually harvest it when it is still fairly young, maybe four to five inches in length. Beautiful colors, although the plants that we have planted only produce about 1/3 of the greens my boyfriend and I use. The New Zealand spinach I also purchased from here has given more.
By Rachel Lewis on February 6, 2015
Chard couldn't get much better than the rainbow chard. I don't grow anything to just be a ornamental plant so I love nutrient dense foods with beautiful foliage. It tastes great too. And I have gotten kids who are picky eaters to try it due to the new colors they can explore!
