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  Swiss Chard:Fordhook Swiss Chard (2g, 320 seeds)



 
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Fordhook Swiss Chard is a standard green chard variety that grows up to 28 inches tall. Produces large, green, crumpled leaves with white veins and broad white 2-2 ½ inch stems. Stems are somewhat celery-like and leaves are wonderfully tender and juicy.

Tolerant to light frosts as well as heat! Average: 55 days

Detailed planting instructions:

Start planting about 2 to 3 weeks before last expected frost. Sow seeds ½ to 1 inch deep, 2 to 6 inches apart, in rows 18 to 24 apart. Like beets, chard “seeds” produce more than one plant, and so will require thinning. Thin to 6" to 12" spacings.

If you plan to harvest whole plants, make succession plantings through late summer.

Start seed inside for earlier crops, or if you want to arrange different colored plants of the variety ‘Bright Lights.’

Mulch plants to retain moisture and suppress weeds.

You can begin harvesting when leaves reach usable size. Remove a leaf or two from each plant, or cut plants an inch or two above the soil for cut-and-come-again harvest. Avoid damaging the growing point in the center of the plant at harvest.

As plants age, older leaves get tough. Cut plants back to about 3 to 5 inches tall to encourage a flush of new, tender growth.

HARVESTING

Chard will be ready for harvest in 50 to 60 days from sowing. Pick outside leaves as early as three inches long but before leaves grow to10 inches long. Older leaves will have an earthy flavor. Harvest chard on a cut-and-come-again schedule; remove a few outside leaves at time. If you harvest the whole plant, cut it back to about 3 inches above the soil and it will grow back. Chard that over winters can be harvested again the second year.

SAVING SEEDS

Harvest seed stalks as they dry and thresh with a flail or by stomping. After threshed use a ½" and ¼" screen to help with cleaning. Chard seed remains viable for 4-6 years under cool and dry storage conditions.
Features
  • Comes in E-Z Lock resealable, reusable triple-layered foil packets
  • Seeds are open pollinated and can be grown, harvested, and replanted endlessly
  • Dried & sealed airtight for long-term storage
  • Nutritional value:

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How does your garden grow April 8, 2012
Reviewer: Tanker DeChenne from Arlington, WA United States  
Can't wait to try, Excellent packaging

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Seeds March 5, 2012
Reviewer: Rob & Kandi Barnard from Craigsville, WV United States  
All American, honorable company with products that look out for there own. God Bless, keep up the great work!

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Swiss Chard Forhook February 13, 2012
Reviewer: Rose Rohal from Tippecanoe, OH United States  
My daughter loves swiss chard and she eats a lot of vegetables.   Thanks to My Patriot seed company I have non GMO Seeds that arrived quickly.

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