How To Grow Swiss Chard!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ค. 2024
- If you want to know everything you need to know about growing Swiss Chard - this is the video for you!
I call it Swiss Chard. It also goes by the names of silver beet, leaf beet, chard, rainbow chard and probably some others too
Growing Swiss Chard is easy. I’ll show you about planting swiss chard seeds, including seed spacing, and how to start it in small pots and transplant little chard plants. We’ll also talk about some different varieties of chard. We’ll provide some chard growing tips and all about keeping the chard organic!
Saving chard seeds to plant next year is also easy so I’ll provide some tips on chard seed saving.
This video is packed with tips and insights about Chard such as: biennial life-cycles of swiss chard, starting chard seeds, how much chard to grow, and also cold season chard production. Then we’ll wrap up with uses of Swiss Chard in the kitchen. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
This guy does not waste his words! Very informative, to the point, and the cooking tips are just what I needed to see today. This was an excellent video. Bravo my man!
Dominique! Thanks for the encouraging words - wishing you a great spring and much success in the garden and the kitchen :)
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New here, found chard grows easy for me in Northern New York . We enjoy it more than spinach .A little goes a long way ,effortless and it doesn't mind cool weather .Thanks for the info next year I look forward to some seeds too! YOUR AN EXCELLANT TEACHER.
Thank you - wishing you great success in your growing!
Do you eat it raw or most often cook it? I am growing collards but my seeds haven't geminated, am thinking about going with Chard or Spinach instead of collards. What soil do you find it grows well in for u? I have limited space and prefer containers vs unground but am doing snap peas in ground and they are doing fine - If I am keep it safe from heavy winds we have been getting. 😮
Your Awesome one of the best Swiss Chard Videos I have seen. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it - you're welcome!
Also called silverbeet in Australia.
Thanks for the input Lucie - yes, it's so closely related to beet root!
I think y'all will be amazed at my Swiss chard plant from before COVID-19.
It's been taller than me 5'7"
It's survived the Texas "Snowmagaddon" of February 2021.
It's fallen over twice and been re-propped up.
It still not bitter and I put in smoothies.
I've trimmed off the sprouts wanting to bear seeds several times.
And it flourishes in this sticky clay North Texas soil in spite of having been transplanted into a congested area of lawn where three huge Crape Myrtle stumps had been leveled two years ago.
Truly amazing Thomas!
Swiss chard plants can be so resilient.
I've got one in our garden that overwintered and yesterday it was taller than I could reach - higher than 8 feet tall :)
And, it's still got leaves to harvest that are not bitter - just like yours!
Can't believe you didn't mention spanakopita in such a thorough video! Chard IS a fabulous plant and the coloured stems make it as beautiful as any flower. Great video!! Thanks!
Yes, absolutely Spanakopita! So true, that's a great inclusion to note.
I'm glad you liked the video - thanks for your encouragement!
I am so excited to try this!
Chard is awesome 👍🌱
So much good info here. Looking forward to watching more videos. Thx!
Thanks for watching!
Grows well. Thanks for the explanation
You're welcome - thanks for visiting the channel!
So much good info. thanks.
You're welcome Agent Red - I'm glad it was helpful!
Thank you! This was really helpful :)
I'm glad you liked it - you're welcome Kari-Ann :)
I love how in depth you go! Thank you
I'm glad you enjoyed it - thanks for watching!
Great tip for my garden
I'm glad it was helpful Senait!
Yum very informative
Beautiful
Thanks for all that great info. I will give this a try
You're welcome - wishing you great success!
You're a hero!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Great video. Planting mine this week
Good luck and wishing you an abundant harvest!
Oooh helpful! Thank you 🙏🏼
You're so welcome!
Just what I needed and didn’t even know it. Thank you. I’m A new subscriber!
Welcome to the channel - I'm so glad you've enjoyed the content :)
Very informative subbed😎👍
Thanks for the sub!
Thank you so much for sharing this - full of information and experiences - this is what i really need at the moment - great video!! Thanks!
I'm glad you liked it Pat - thanks for the encouragement!
Wishing you a great spring of growing :)
Thank you
Thanks for your videos , watching from Kentucky
Thanks Kelly - much appreciation!
Thank you- I've been looking for videos from someone in the same hardiness zone (I'm 8b, PNW), super helpful video. I think slugs got to my seedlings that were sown outdoors so I'm starting new seeds in pots. Looking forward to harvesting in early summer!
Hi Jenn - we found each other, that's fantastic!
Slugs are ravenous where we live too. It's great you can pivot to Plan B.
Blessings as you grow :)
Don't need to watch anything else after that video....the dude nailed it!
I am in year two and I did not know this biennial stuff. Looks like I'm in for early fewer leaves and mega seeds. I'm in Las Vegas and they are jamming right now.
I'm glad that was enlightening for you!
This is epic! Soo much useful information. Wish you more followers and blessings
Thanks for the encouragement - blessings on your 2021!
Thank You for sharing your info .. Just found your channel, I'm in Florida zone 9a
Welcome to the channel Rosemary!
I have started to grow swiss chard from last year and its growing very well. Can't wait to see the seeds. Like your video. Very informative. Thank you.
Wonderful!
You're welcome Shaheda - wishing you a great growing season :)
Amazing
I’ve watched a lot of TH-cam videos on growing Swiss Chard, and this is the one I have been looking for. Thank you! Subscribed.
Thank you for the encouragement and
for the sub!
What an incredible video. So much information!! I watch so many veg videos but this one was outstanding. Love your accent too.
With love from Liverpool 🇬🇧 xx
Thanks Rebecca!
I'm glad you liked the vid & my accent :)
Thank you, I never saw chard going to into seed, and why it was a biennial. I was looking for a video like this.
Hello Doris :)
I'm glad this was helpful for you!
Thanks for this. Just subscribed
Thanks for the sub! You're welcome.
This video is amazing! Thank you so much for packing it full of information! Your communication style is so clear and on point!
Thank you so much- I'm glad it's helpful for you !
Happy growing
Great stuff Stace. I enjoy your channel. What sets you apart are occasional quick recipes. Keep it coming. Tx
Natalia - thank you for joining the channel and sharing why you enjoy it!
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Again! Great video! I subscribed today! Thanks for getting to the point!
And oops! I just planted my beets and chard near one another. To save seeds, I’ll start another batch elsewhere.
Welcome to the channel Charleen!
I'm glad you like getting to the point :)
Good luck saving seeds.
great video learn a little more about swiss
Thanks - I'm glad you liked it :)
These are just delicious to eat 😋
I have a lot of swiss chard growing. Great video
Cool, thanks!
Thanks for the info, great content! Looking forward to some fresh chard this year
You're welcome Pepper Geek!
Any insights of Chard is welcome to me! Thank u so much!! We buy organic during Winter…but I know we can grow them here….with transplants……which is joyful for us. Thk you so much……for your encouragement!!! We needed that. All appreciation beyond mention. Thk you!!!!
Ahna. …..Atlanta USA
Wonderful! Thanks for commenting. Happy Growing!
Amazing content. Subscribed :)
Thank you - Welcome aboard!
@@SustainableStace Thank you kindly!
This year is a lot of my firsts 1. My garden 2. I never had chard before but this morning I went out to try 4 leaves from my Vulcan Swiss chard washed them and put it in with some onions and garlic with butter and I made a omelet and oh yes! Loved it so planted another half bed lol it takes the heat of my Texas summers so Swiss chard in spring summer and spinach in grow tunnel in winter
It sounds like you're onto something Danielle! Well done and congrats on your gardening victories. May they continue .
Thank you for this video. This is my first year growing Swiss Chard because I eat handfuls a day I want my own fresh garden Chard everyday. I think I will be successful now with your help!
Yes, yes - that's so exciting Ronda! Good luck growing :)
We had some chard today kale yesterday tomorrow both, was so good😋😋
Amazing - my morning smoothie right now has both in it too!
Very informative video! One thing to note, some of the Swiss Chard I planted in the ground bolted in the hot summer and produced seeds in their first year itself.
That's fantastic to know. Thanks for sharing.
A hot summer shortened the life cycle!
I'm curious if those seeds that came from a 1 year old plant will be viable - if you experiment with planting them I'd love to hear about the results !
What growing zone are you in?
@@SustainableStace Am in zone 7a (Central PA). Unfortunately I didn't save any of the seeds. Yep, that was dumb of me! Anyways, I am moving soon (mid-May) to a bigger place without any HOA, and will restart my gardening activities. I have some heirloom Ruby Red Swiss Chard seeds and will plant them in seed trays tomorrow. If it bolts in the first year, I will save some seeds and try growing them the following year.
Very clear, thanks, sound advice. (we don't need drip irrigation here in ireland, though 🤣)
I'm glad it was helpful - you're welcome !
thanks, I have hearing issues so your clear-speaking and lack of sound-track is great for me, and your voice and accent is easy to understand.
I grew about 80 chard plants last year, and many have survived the winter, and I'm picking little leaves off them now.
Here where I live in Ireland it seldom gets below -10 and I have all the plants covered in straw.
I'm looking forward to planting more chard and spinach again this year, great idea about the smoothies, I'll try that. @@SustainableStace
Last year I had a volunteer tomato tree! I dont know how! It was my best tomato plant!
Fantastic - volunteer tomatoes are generally the most hardy! They show up b/c of having sprouted from last year's that landed there OR being deposited thru your compost or even a bird dropping a little deposit :)
Well, thanks for showing me what a chard looks like when it has gone to seed. I overwintered a few in the house under lights - in zone 4b they don't survive winter outdoors - and replanted them outdoors this spring and I'm hoping to harvest seed. So far, they're still producing leaves. No sign of bolting.
You're welcome Theresa!
@@diann9159 You're welcome..
Hi brought pkt of chard seeds from store by mistake never eaten it before I've only a small garden and no real earth ground but I have room for a few big pots would I beable to grow in these ? I'm a newbie to this gardening thing I did grow spring onions and toms last year that was exciting and tasted so much nicer thankyou for your bery informative vid especially for us beginners didn't know you could get seeds from plant best vid I've seen. thanks
Wahoo - someone who is experiencing new victory in the garden. Congrats on last years' spring onions and tomatoes!
Yes, you can grow chard in big pots - no problem.
Happy Gardening !
Thank you for this video, this is the first fall I’m growing Swiss chard. I’m having lasagna tuesday so I will trying it. I almost planted beet seeds next to my Swiss chard so I will be looking for another area.
Thanks for sharing what you're up to Pamela!
It sounds like you've got some good things going at your place :)
Intersting!
My little two inch chard plant is laying on the ground after I watered.could I've over watered it?
If it's only 2 inches i'm wondering if it's a transplant or grew there from seed.
If it grew there from seed I suspect it'll be fine. If it's a transplant it's likely not a watering issue but that the roots aren't established enough yet.
wishing good luck to the little chard plant :)
So you just leaave one plant to produce seeds? Will it grow that long in the South AL zone 8 without burning up? or will humidity do them in? Would like to collect seed but can't see it in our heat unless they will grow in shade
Thanks for commenting and asking questions.
YES you can get all the seeds you need from one plant!
We live quite a ways from one another and I'm unfamiliar with the heat & humidity you get.
Growing chard in shade, just like spinach, can be an excellent way to keep things a bit cooler :)
Hi sir I want to grow Swiss chard but we don’t have it here in Nepal
I planted both Ford Hook and Rainbow swiss chard in the fall...and have harvested and eaten Gorgeous leaves since early spring. Now they are huge...and some are already going to seed. It's June, and in Tennessee can be very humid. Can I replant now ? From seed ? Will the heat affect it ?
If you have mature seeds (dry and rattly) then they should germinate and grow.
Humidity won't be the problem, it could be that if it's too hot the plants will germinate and then rapidly go to see without producing many leaves.
It's always worth trying :)
we have freezing winters in NJ. The chard would freeze over the winter. does it die or come back by itself in the spring to let go to seed in the second year???
Hi Pattianne !
We have freezing winters as well where we grow swiss chard.
It's an annual so it needs to be planted every year . . . .typically.
this spring (after a winter with snow and many weeks of freezing) our chard, from last year's planting, is still there and I harvest some each day.
However, I'm growing brand new starts to grow new plants as well!
Great video thanks. I have both chard and beet growing in my garden now. Will the two cross ONLY when they are BOTH going to seed at the same time? In other words if I harvest my beets before the chard goes to seed, then the two will not cross??? and I am OK with the trueness(is that a word?) of the chard seed if I let it go to seed?
Hi Kathy - welcome to the channel.
You are correct - it takes two plants going to seed to make cross-pollination a possibility. If only 1 of the plants is generating pollen then it cannot be cross-pollinated by the other.
So, unless your nearby neighbor has beets going to seed, your chard seed should be 'true'.
@@SustainableStace Thanks Stace - I have wondered this very thing for a long time and have never been able to get any kind of answer. Now I know, thanks a million and have a great fall/winter gardening season. Looking forward to more videos as they are very informative.
Could I ask whether need to water the silverbeet if waiting the seed to brown ?
Good question Yelena - generally when any plant is maturing seeds, it's best to give it minimal water.
I have a question for you if you don't mind. I've never had a problem growing chard but this year my chard isn't growing good at all they all came up but they are staying small and light green I planted it 6 or 7 weeks ago I put lots of composted sheep manure in the row my beets are in the same row and they are doing about the same. I planted bull blood beets and the levees are red never seen them do that before either any tips.
Hi Trevor - I can make a guess or two.
Light green leaves suggests shortage of nitrogen. The composted manure suggests the nitrogen is there for the plants but they're not accessing it.
So, I think the pH is off on your soil. I'd add dolopril lime, which acts quicker than dolomite lime, and see what happens. Within a week you should see a difference if my guess is correct.
@@SustainableStace I will try that I put pelletized lime on about 3 weeks ago thanks for the help it is greatly appreciated.
Don't mind me just simping........for the swiss chard 😳
From the heart ❤️.
For. Swiss Chard leafs
Lots of love 😘.
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Other than zucchini & squash....chard has been the easiest to grow. I planned on losing them in the winter, but in January and February they really thrived (California). I'm having issues with leaf miners......I can rub the eggs off of the leaves daily, but does anyone have any other suggestions for dealing with leaf miners?
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I used to grow a lot of Swiss chard (and other veggies like New Zealand spinach) when I was a student in Logan, Utah, US. I rented one of the university gardening plots for a semester and I grew 20-30 kinds of veggies. The harvest for each crop was abundant, so abundant that I couldn't consume all myself, too much harvest, I gave some to friends and neighbors..
Now I am back in Malaysia, my country. I tried to grow Swiss chard many times but seeds refuse to germinate, seeds bought online in Malaysia. My last attempts is TODAY, I soaked overnight the seeds in plant growth hormone solution and sowed them this morning. Hope they germinate, it works with zucchini and New Zeeland spinach seeds, they finally germinate after the hormone treatment.
Does Swiss chard actually thrive in a tropical climate like Malaysia? Seeds are readily available and sold in Malaysia but I do not know if they'll germinate. Most Malaysians are not aware of Swiss chard, and the vegetable is not found in any Malaysian wet market or supermarket.
Hello Mustafa - it sounds like you've experienced wonderful gardening success in the US and you're trying for the same back home in Malaysia.
If the seeds are viable, they should germinate with no problem. I'm unsure how the life cycle will be affected by the warm climate.
I have a friend living in the Philippines growing veg and I wonder if he would know more about this challenge you are facing: facebook.com/tancho.baes/about
Thanks Stace. I harvested my first Swiss Chard yesterday. It produced large seeds like we're used to seeing when we buy a seed packet from the store, to small seeds, to tiny seeds. Do you think the small and tiny seeds will be viable?
I'm curious if you see a varying size of the seeds as you move along the stalk?
I'm presuming, biggest nearer the base and smaller as you go up the stalk.
It would be wise to try to use the large ones.
But, you can always do a viability test. Put 2 of each size seed on a wet napkin/paper towel on a plate and keep moist. the ones which sprout are viable, the ones that don't aren't.
Then, you'd have a conclusive answer!
@@SustainableStace Right. Biggest nearer the base and smaller as you go up the stalk. I've already done a mini-test in a seed tray. I happened to have a small seed and a tiny seed in my hand, so I stuck both of them in the soil to see what would happen. The small seed sprouted a single plant. The tiny seed did nothing. My theory is that, given enough time, chard forms a seed ball containing multiple seeds. The small seed (or seed ball) might therefore be a seed for a single plant from a ball that didn't fully develop to include multiple seeds. The tiny seeds probably didn't have a chance to develop a viable seed. Looks like most people harvest the big seeds and ignore the rest, but if the small seeds are good, why waste them? I'll cover up a few of my chards with mulch, and if they make it through the winter, I'll try another seed harvest, paying better attention than I did this year by harvesting throughout the summer instead of waiting til the end of season.
@@groussac it sounds like you've got a clear plan. Way to go :)
@@SustainableStace Thanks Stace. And thanks for the very helpful videos.
Can the chard seeds be cut down and dried hanging?
that's a great question.
once you've cut the stalk down, I don't believe the seeds will mature further.
so, it's better to let the seeds mature on the stalk while it's still in the soil.
What about dehydrated Swiss chard???
I have fresh swiss chard ALL year long. So I've never thought about dehydrating. Have you tried doing that Mario?
"Weird hybrid chard beet babies"🤪🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hi Kellie - this is a variety called 'bright lights' which has stalks that are very colourful - either red or orange !
@@SustainableStace I'm growing my own vegetable and herb garden this summer and I wanted to grow swiss chard(ruby red). I've never grown it before so I had no clue. Then I found your video and it was perfect! Very good information that was told and explained clearly and for that you have a new sub🙂....
Thank you!
@@kelliebarr1317 thanks for the encouragement.
Sounds like we're both winners on this one!
Blessings as you grow.
Is that the name Bout Chard? We call silverbeet here. I grow so much of it but don't really eat it :-(. That is the only things it grow well here..the things I really want to grow and eat..it doesn't grow in my weather.
It's meant to be a bit of a play on words in English.
Bout = About
It's a video All About Chard :)
I'd not heard of the term 'silver beet' until you mentioned it. Thank you!
@@SustainableStace lol..thanks for explaining it, make me feel silly then asking that question :)
First time trying. I started my swiss chard from seed, indoors, and it is so long/leggy right now it is completely lying down. 😞
Argh - I feel you. That's frustrating.
It's common when seeds start out indoors that they are leggy and weak. They likely grew too quick but didn't develop a strong stalk. Don't give up. As you know, chard germinates quickly.
Try again - make some changes - you'll find a way to make it work!
Never ate Swiss chard, how would you cook it?
My top methods of cooking: shredded or blended into sauces i.e. chile, taco meat, spaghetti sauce AND pan fried with veg i.e. onions/mushrooms/peppers in omelettes. I also add it shredded into fried rice.
@@SustainableStace It also makes stunning savoury tarts, quiches and it makes a most wonderful chard/bacon cheesecake. It can also be mashed with potatoes and onion.
I like it simply cut up and steamed for a short while and served just like that as a side veggie with lemon juice and pepper to taste. Delicious, and about as easy as it gets.
I Sautee garlic in butter or olive oil and add swiss chard. My daughter loves it!
I need help: planted swiss chard, the stalks are about 7"-8" long. I tried one - tastes awful, does anybody know why? Too early?
Thank you
Hello Vitar - your swiss chard tastes 'awful'.
That's unfortunate. I'm presuming you've eaten swiss chard before and you are familiar with, and enjoy, the flavour AND it's clear to you that in this case something is terribly wrong. Correct?
Presuming that's all accurate, I'm hopeful that the problem is 'bitterness' in which case the solution is moisture/watering. When swiss chard (and many other greens including lettuce) don't have consistent & adequate water they become bitter and that does taste awful.
The easiest test would be to cut the stalks off some plants and water regularly - then as the new stalks grow, check to see if the taste has improved. You'll have your answer in a few weeks!
@@SustainableStace I only remember eating it in my childhood. But it doesn't taste good may be because you are not supposed to harvest it in the first year? May be it gets better on second year? (I water it plenty)
Do you sale your vegetables?
Generally I sell some berries and some garlic. The veggies - I usually give lots away to friends and family!
humm... i wonder if i can make whine from chard? or shine of the moon lol ... easy to have too much chard unless i can make a drink ;)
Well that's certainly an idea I've never pondered. Fermented greens! Maybe you're onto something :)
I want to eat chardbeet
Yes, great vegetable, but taste really bitter! I have them in my garden.
Do you find it tastes bitter Raw and Cooked ?
My suggestion is to chop / process it very finely and cook it into sauces. This way you get the health benefits but avoid tastes you don't like.
Enjoy your greens folks!!!! The best thing you could ever consume. No wonder the Bible book of Genesis highlighted its value to all creatures....
Genesis 1:29,30
Then God said: “Here I have given to you every seed-bearing plant that is on the entire earth and every tree with seed-bearing fruit. Let them serve as food for you. And to every wild animal of the earth and to every flying creature of the heavens and to everything moving on the earth in which there is life, I have given all green vegetation for food.” And it was so
No doubt these fruits and greens are amazing for us, as Jehovah God saw it to be very beneficial for humans to eat them. Keep indulging friends, they are a healthy choice gifted to our bodies by our creator......Enjoy
Greens ARE beautiful!