ChenopodsAmaranthaceae
Swiss Chard.
Cool season
At a glance
The spec sheet.
- Indoor start
- Optional
- Direct sow / out
- Apr 15 – Aug 15
- Germ
- 5–10 days
- Days to harvest
- 50–60
- Spacing
- 6", rows 24"
- Depth
- ½"
- Square-foot
- 4 per square
- Qty target
- 6 plants for a family, harvested all summer.
Plant
One of the most productive greens for the garden — heat-tolerant unlike lettuce, cold-tolerant unlike most warm-season crops.
Care
Cut-and-come-again. Water regularly. Shade in high summer helps.
Harvest
Pick outer leaves; keeps producing all season. In NJ, harvest into November.
Blanched and frozen. Fresh only for stems (great pickled).