chard 'Bright Yellow'
chard / leaf beet or Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla var. flavescens 'Bright Yellow'
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- Seed Packets (only) £2.95
- Position: full sun or partial shade
- Soil: fertile, well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: average
- Hardiness: hardy annual
A versatile, leafy vegetable that can be cropped early as baby leaves to add colour to salads or left to mature with glossy leaves and beautiful stems with a 'Bright Yellow' midrib as a feast for the eyes! Easy to grow and cook, use in a stir fry or steam, this award-winning variety has excellent winter hardiness and is slow to bolt. - Growing instructions: Sow directly outdoors in a seedbed from March to August. Sow seeds thinly at a depth of 1cm in drills 30cm apart. For young leaves, thin seedlings to 7cm apart. For larger chards/leaves thin to 15cm apart.
- Sow: March to August
- Harvest: June to October