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Sow Seed orders are usually despatched within 1-2 working days.
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Swiss Chard Seeds - Bright Lights |
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Swiss Chard 'Bright Lights' is a striking looking plant with stems that vary in colour from red, pink, white, violet and golden yellow.
It looks fantastic in the garden or containers and on your dinner plate. I saw it at RHS Wisley where they had planted up a raised brick wall around their coffee shop with rainbow chard. It looked stunning and very appropriate.
It is a close relation to the beetroot family but is grown for its leaves rather than beetroot which is grown for its edible roots. The colourful leaves & stems can be picked whilst young and used raw in salads or left to grow on and used in stir-fries or sautéed in butter (and it keeps it's colour when cooked!)
Approx 50 seeds per pack.
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| Seed Information |
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Approx 50 seeds per pack. |
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Any, but does best if rich in organic matter.
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Sow:
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March to August, but best in March or July/August.
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How:
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Either indoors in modules/small pots with 1-2 seeds per unit and remove the weaker seedlings. Transplant out when large enough in spring spacing 15-25cm apart. Or direct sow thinly once the soil has warmed up in April-July into drills 2.5cm deep by 30cm.
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Care:
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They must be kept watered in summer to prevent bolting, but if some do start to bolt just cut down the middle stem and give them a good water. Keep picking leaves to encourage new ones, and during winter take off old ones before they begin to rot & affect other leaves. Chard is not hardy but is tough enough to survive most winters, just cut off any mushy leaves and it will begin to re-grow when the weather warms up.
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| Harvest: |
10 weeks after sowing, so March ones will be ready late May onwards & August sowings will be October onwards. It is a biennial so will last 2 seasons. |
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View our great value selection packs and seed gift boxes.
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View our useful sowing calendar |
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