Swiss chard 100 seeds "White silver"

Harvest for leaf and stem production. Celery flavoured stalks and spinach-like leaves for Summer and Autumn harvest. Easy to produce, requiring little maintenance.

You can grow Swiss Chard in most parts of the garden as long as it is not in deep shade. The grow well in full sun but will probably do best if they are shaded in summer during the hottest part of the day. Neither is beet leaf choosy about the soil conditions. They require a good draining soil but that's their only key requirement soil-wise. If the soil is reasonably rich in nutrients then so much the better.

Sow the seed thinly (5cm / 2in apart) at a depth of 1cm (¿in). If growing more than one row, space the rows about 38cm (15in) apart. When the seedlings emerge thin them out at first to 15cm /6in. A week or two later thin the seedlings again to 30cm / 12in apart. Water them well.