Swiss Chard?
 

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?

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alan

reply to alan(dot)holmes27(at)virgin(dot)net

In article , Alan Holmes
writes

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?

Probably. In its second year it produces flower stems which are too
tough to be edible. You can keep taking these out, and pulling more
leaves, but you will lose the battle by midsummer. The determination to
flower increases, and the leaves that are produced get smaller and
smaller.
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Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"

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

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/

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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In article , Miss
Perspicacia Tick writes
Is Swiss chard the one that's related to the beetroot, or the other which
looks more like a brassica?

It's related to beetroot and has a broad central white rib.
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"

Kay wrote:
In article , Miss
Perspicacia Tick writes
Is Swiss chard the one that's related to the beetroot, or the
other
which looks more like a brassica?

It's related to beetroot and has a broad central white rib.

I like the midrib cooked separately, but my children always resisted
it, though to my mind it's one of the blandest of vegetables. Is this
a common experience?

--
Mike.

Mike Lyle wrote:
Kay wrote:
In article , Miss
Perspicacia Tick writes
Is Swiss chard the one that's related to the beetroot, or the other
which looks more like a brassica?

It's related to beetroot and has a broad central white rib.

I like the midrib cooked separately, but my children always resisted
it, though to my mind it's one of the blandest of vegetables. Is this
a common experience?

I've never eaten it - I was thinkin of red chard, which is one of my
favourite salad veggies. It looks like beetroot leaves - bright green with a
cerise stem.

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In memory of MS MVP Alex Nichol: http://www.dts-l.org/