Steve Harris wrote:
In article ,
(Pam Moore) wrote:

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.

It's truly amazing crop. Mine is still producing a lot of leaves and
not bolting yet. It's "Luculus" which is pale green instead of dark.
Seeds 29p in Lidl :-)

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com
A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/

Is Swiss chard the one that's related to the beetroot, or the other which
looks more like a brassica?

Sarah
(too damned lazy to Google!)


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