Swiss Chards are cold seasoned biennial ( 2 years to complete life cycle) vegetables and come in beautiful vibrant colors, livening up any salads.

We don’t see them on our supermarkets’ shelves and thus decided to grow from seeds.

As they belonged to the beets family, their seeds are similar-looking as well.

 

Cold seasoned salads from seeds
Rainbow Swiss Chard

 

Cold seasoned salads from seeds
Fordhook Giant – Pink Stem

 

GERMINATION NOTES

Sow on very wet medium

Preferred darkness

Maintain wet medium until roots showed

Soaked seeds for 20 minutes if sowed directly in the soil, slightly buried

 

Cold Seasoned salads from seeds
2018 Sept 11 – Rainbow seeds sowed

 

Cold seasoned salads from seeds
2018 September 14

 

RAINBOW SWISS CHARDS

The distinctive colors of rainbow Swiss Chard were visible before seed leaves showed.

As the seedlings grew, these colors become more vivid.

 

YELLOW HUE

Cold seasoned salads from seeds
2018 September 17 – yellow hint

 

Seeds husk was still attached as the roots grew longer when this seedling was about 6 days old.

 

Cold seasoned salads from seeds
2018 Sept 19 –  6 days old

 

Seed leaves showed on the 7th day as the roots developed mass.

The yellow hue is brighter on the stem.

 

Cold seasoned salads from seeds
2018 Sept 21

 

Cold seasoned salads from seeds
2018 October 04

 

Cold seasoned salads from seeds
2018 October 10

 

RED HUE

When two roots emerged from one seed pod, they were actually 2 seedlings.

What was interesting was they can be in different colors.

 

Cold seasoned salads from seeds
2018 September 17RED + Green

 

Cold seasoned salads from seeds
2018 Sept 19 – Vivid Red

 

Cold seasoned salads from seeds
2018 Sept 20 – 6 days old

 

Cold seasoned salads from seeds
Red Swiss Chard

 

FORDHOOK Giant

 

Cold seasoned salads from seeds
2018 September 14

 

Cold seasoned salads from seeds
2018 Sept 30 – Pinkish stem

 

Cold seasoned salads from seeds
Swiss Chards varieties

 

Swiss Chard has the texture of Romaine and each leaf is very tasteful and juicy.

In salad bowls, they add color and vibrancy.

 

Cold seasoned salads from seeds
2018 October 9

 

We will be starting new batches of Swiss Chard for salads after tasting how great they were freshly harvested from our indoor gardens.

 

Cold seasoned salads from seeds in containers
Home Grown “Rainbow” !

 

 

 

SEEDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR SALE!

 

 

Notes on Swiss Chard

3 – 4 days to germinate

Harvest stage around 2 months

Seeds like very wet medium

Small leaves can be used in salads

Bigger leaves for light stir fry

Stems typically steamed like asparagus

Full sun or partial shade, not fussy

If soil, the pot needs to be deeper, mulch on the topsoil to prevent heat from penetrating (similar to strawberry outdoor)

Mature leaves are crinkled, thick, juicy ( I love them raw for the texture)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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