On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:14:01 GMT, "Alan Holmes"
wrote:


How long can you leave Swiss Chard in the ground?

How long can you keep cropping it for?

I planted some early last year and it is till cropping, do I need
to plant more?

Once it is into its second year it will start to go to seed. You can
keep cropping but it will send up flowering shoots. Sow some seed now
and you may be able to keep picking the old ones till the new is
ready. Mine have started to make flowering stems now, but I have
picked them off and will cook the new shoots.

Pam in Bristol