Swiss Chard

Tips And Hints For Growing Easy-Care Warm-Season Crops

Planting months: year round Spacing:Thin to six inches, rows 18 inches apart Special Tips: soak seeds 24 hours prior to planting Easy to grow, huge roots, not much fertilizer, compost is best or aged manure.

Harvesting: begin harvest as soon as leaves mature, take outer leaves and leave plants standing. Recommended Varieties: Bright Lights, Rhubarb (red chard), Fordhook Giant (mild flavor.)

Step-By-Step Method For Growing Great Organic Vegetables By Pat Welsh Author Of : Pat Welsh’s Southern California Organic Gardening, Month By Month.

NOTE: If you are growing vegetables year-round there will be some carry over of cool-season crops into warm weather, for example artichokes, which can be put in from transplants in March and harvested in June, or globe onions, which are planted from seeds in November and harvested in late May or June, and strawberries which are also planted in November and harvested throughout spring into early summer.