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Swiss Chard Fordhook Giant Seeds
Info: Swiss Chard `Fordhook Giant` was introduced in 1934 and has been a market leader for years. It is bolt resistant and a fine flavoured variety that produces thick, dark green, crisp, crumbled leaves with a broad white rib on juicy white stalks. This excellent variety continuously produces new leaves when harvested frequently.
Sowing & cultivation: Swiss chard is a prolific grower with a long cropping season, it tolerates partial shade, poor soil and inattention. Sow outdoors from May after the last frosts have occurred about 3 cm deep and about 30 cm apart. The harvest starts from June by cutting off the outer stems without hurting the heart.
| Botanical name | Beta vulgaris ssp. vulgaris |
| Content | 50 seeds |
| Sowing | from May outdoors |
| Location | sunny, rich soil |
| Germination temperature | 15 - 20°C |
| Germination | 10 - 14 days |
| Harvesting | from June to October |
| Lifespan | biennial |
| Height | 60 cm |
Growing Swiss Chard
Late summer and autumn sowings