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USDA guide on growing Swiss chard, a beet variety for greens: enrich soil, plant seeds in rows, thin to 4-5 inches, cultivate like beets, and use Lucullus variety for best results.
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MAINLY FOR GREENS
Soil Should Be Rich and Thoroughly Prepared.
When Young Plants Are Nicely Started They Should Be Thinned Out -Lucullus Is Considered the Best Variety.
(Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.)
Chard, usually spoken of as Swiss chard, is a form of beet with fleshy leaf-stems grown mainly for use as greens during early summer and fall. The seeds resemble those of the common garden beet and are planted in exactly the same manner. The soil on which chard is planted should be well enriched and thoroughly prepared, say garden specialists of the United States Department of Agriculture.
Plant the seeds in rows 18 inches to 2 feet apart and 10 to 12 seeds to the foot to insure a full stand. The seeds should be covered about 1 inch deep, and the surface slightly packed with the back of the hoe after the seeds are covered.
When the young plants are nicely started they should be thinned to stand about 4 or 5 inches apart in the row. The plants thinned out are commonly used as greens. Cultivate the same as beets, and in cutting for greens remove the leaf stems, leaving the roots and hearts of the plants to produce more leaf stems. The thick leaf stems are cooked the same as other greens.
The variety of chard known as Lucullus is considered best. Chards are of an ornamental nature and can be planted as a border along the garden.
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Chard, usually spoken of as Swiss chard, is a form of beet with fleshy leaf-stems grown mainly for use as greens during early summer and fall. The seeds resemble those of the common garden beet and are planted in exactly the same manner. The soil on which chard is planted should be well enriched and thoroughly prepared. Plant the seeds in rows 18 inches to 2 feet apart and 10 to 12 seeds to the foot to insure a full stand. The seeds should be covered about 1 inch deep, and the surface slightly packed with the back of the hoe after the seeds are covered. When the young plants are nicely started they should be thinned to stand about 4 or 5 inches apart in the row. The plants thinned out are commonly used as greens. Cultivate the same as beets, and in cutting for greens remove the leaf stems, leaving the roots and hearts of the plants to produce more leaf stems. The thick leaf stems are cooked the same as other greens. The variety of chard known as Lucullus is considered best. Chards are of an ornamental nature and can be planted as a border along the garden.