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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? -- alan reply to alan(dot)holmes27(at)virgin(dot)net |
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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. -- Kay "Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river" |
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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 |
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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!) -- In memory of MS MVP Alex Nichol: http://www.dts-l.org/ |
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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" |
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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. |
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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. -- In memory of MS MVP Alex Nichol: http://www.dts-l.org/ |
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