Jim's Favorite Swiss Chard Seeds

Swiss Chard Seeds

Useful gardening information

Planting Tips:Seeds are scattered in the row 1/2 to 1 inch deep. In home gardens or market gardens, chard seedlings should be thinned to a 3-inch spacing between plants. Thinnings can be eaten cooked, or raw in salads. Rows should be spaced 2 to 3 feet apart. One standard packet of seed will plant 25 feet of row; one ounce will plant 100 feet. The closer spacing allows the foliage to shade the soil better and helps prevent germination of warm season grassy weeds.

Informative articles found on the web:

How to grow Swiss Chard
Swiss Chard Recipes

Seeds

TPF212 Five Color Silverbeet ( Bright Lights )

A beautiful Chard, its colors are brilliant (pink, yellow, orange, red and white.) This chard originated in Australia. Very mild, ornamental, and tasty. Great for market growers and specialty markets and pretty enough to plant in the flower garden, so delicious, one of our favorite greens! (Sold in stores as "Bright Lights")

1A032 Perpetual Chard

50-60 days. This European chard is smaller than the garden chard that is commonly seen in America but it is much more productive, with smooth dark green leaves and slender green stems. It is drought and frost tolerant and slow to bolt. It produces a long perpetual harvest. If you only plant one salad green in your garden this year, it should be Perpetual Chard.

TWT194 Cicla Red Swiss Chard

Grow this highly nutritious red chard in your garden! Swiss Chard is considered to be a biennial, and it is full of nutritious value. It contains 13 different polyphenol antioxidants including the cardio-protective flavonoid, kaempferol. It also contains an additional flavonoid called syringic acid which has had quite a large amount of current research done due to its properties that help regulate blood sugar. In addition to the antioxidants, Chard has vitamins E and K, along with magnesium, manganese and potassium.

TWT193 Cicla Green Swiss Chard

Grow this highly nutritious plant for the herb garden! Swiss Chard is considered to be a biennial, and it is full of nutritious value. It contains 13 different polyphenol antioxidants including the cardio-protective flavonoid, kaempferol. It also contains an additional flavonoid called syringic acid which has had quite a large amount of current research done due to its properties that help regulate blood sugar. In addition to the antioxidants, Chard has vitamins E and K, along with magnesium, manganese and potassium.