50+ Organic Eldorado Swiss Chard Seeds Heirloom Seeds-Swiss Chard-A126
Description:
This is one of the most upright growing and attractive of all the chards. Eldorado Swiss chard is a luxurious looking plant with stems of gold and leaves that are dark green, deeply savoyed, with wavy margins. The thin stems branch into veins on the leaves but keep their gold colour for a high contrast look. This variety will produce gorgeous microgreens in just two weeks. By 30 days, it is ready to eat as baby greens. By 55-60 days, it's ready for the market table - or dinner table.
Grow in cool weather for best results. If grown from winter into summer it has a higher rate of bolting. Thin golden stems Puckered, shiny leaves Excellent microgreens Open pollinated seeds Matures in 55-60 days This beautiful, wonderful and richly flavoured heirloom variety has wide stalks and veins that are bright scarlet red and deeply crumpled leaves that are rich dark green. Cook the stalks as you would asparagus and the leaves as you would spinach, or enjoy both raw in salads. Swiss chard seeds sown too early in spring cause the plants to bolt quickly. The succulent leaves of Swiss chard can be used much like spinach. You can even use the big ones to wrap “cabbage” rolls. The colourful stems can be cooked like asparagus. Enjoy the small leaves in salad. They grow easily and well in our climate and stand in the garden for many months, giving a long harvest from one planting.
Season: Cool season
Exposure: Full sun
Timing Direct sow mid-April to early August. Chard is moderately winter hardy.
Optimal soil temperature: 10-30°C (50-85°F).
Starting Sow seeds 1cm (½”) deep, spaced 10-30cm (4-12″) apart in rows 45cm (18″) apart.
Ideal Temperature: pH: 6.0-6.5.
Soil: Swiss chard prefers loose, deep, and fertile soil rich in organic matter.
Plenty of consistent moisture is required, especially as plants grow larger.
Sun: full sun, but will tolerate light shade in summer.
A liquid fertilizer or compost tea applied twice during summer will keep chard growing well.
Harvest For salad mix, seed more densely and cut as baby leaves.
Season: Biennial
USDA Zones: 2-10
Height: 20 inches
Bloom Season: Late spring to late summer
Bloom Color: Green
Environment: Full sun
Soil Type: Fertile, well-drained, loamy to sandy, slighlty alkaline soil PH6.0-6.5
Temperature: 10-30 C (50-58 F)
Average Germ Time: 10 - 21 days
Light Required: No
Depth: 1/4 - 1/2 inch Sowing Rate: 2 - 3 seeds per plant
Moisture: Keep seeds moist until germination
Plant Spacing: 4 - 12 inches apart in rows 12 - 18 inches apart
