SKU: SC29620
Demeter Leaf Beet Seeds - Swiss Chard
£1.85
Description
A leaf beet with white-coloured stems and dark green leaves. Very easy to grow, you can pick the generous crop of leaves young and eat raw as baby salad leaves, or cook the larger leaves like spinach. The stems can be cooked separately for 2-3 minutes longer. A cut and come again crop, pick a few leaves as needed but leave the crown or centre of the plant intact and the plant will keep growing.
Info & Care
200 seeds
Sowing: Sow outdoors from late April until mid July in rows 30 cm apart. Sow seeds 2.5 cm deep and 2 cm between the seeds.
Growing instructions: Leaf beet is an easy to grow leaf crop, it will grow well even in poor soils. It likes a sunny position but can tolerate some shade. It can be cut several times and will tolerate some frost.