Bright Lights

Product ID: 703D

Vegetables > Swiss Chard


Stems of many colors including gold, pink, orange, purple, red, and white with bright and pastel variations.

Lightly savoyed, green or bronze leaves. The taste is milder than ordinary chard, with each color a bit different. Grow from transplant - individual colors may then be separated out - or direct seed. Suitable for production year round, but somewhat less frost hardy than normal for chard. The late New Zealand amateur breeder John Eaton developed Bright Lights, and Johnny's selects and maintains the different color stocks and produces the seeds. AAS winner.Decorticated (rubbed), sized seeds. Avg. 29,500 seeds/lb. Packet: 200 seeds.

  Days to Maturity or Bloom:   28 baby, 55 bunching

AAS Winners   Bred by Johnny's   Easy Choice   Grows well in containers   Pack Sales   Salad Mix Component  

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Product Price Quantity
703DPacket  $3.45 
703D1,000 Seeds  $4.30 
703D10,000 Seeds  $35.00 
703D25,000 Seeds  $75.00 
703D100,000 Seeds  $260.00 
703D500,000 Seeds  $1,250.00 


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Swiss Chard



CULTURE: Soil pH should be over 6.0. Cool and mild weather is preferred, though chard has some heat tolerance.
TRANSPLANTING: See "Beets".
DIRECT SEEDING: Sow beginning midspring and on into midsummer (fall where winter is mild).
BUNCHING: Sow about 6 seeds/ft., 1/2" deep, rows 18-24" apart. Thin to 4-6" apart for larger leaves. Cut for bunching at any stage; new leaves will grow.
SALAD MIX: Sow in a 2-4" wide band, 1" apart, 40 seeds/ft. Clip in about 5 weeks.
AVG. DIRECT SEEDING RATE: BUNCHING: 300'/oz., 3 1/4 oz./1,000', 4 1/2 lb./acre at 6 seeds/ft. in rows 24" apart.
SALAD MIX: 45'/oz., 11/3 lb./1,000', 39 lb./acre at 40 seeds/ft. in rows 18" apart.
SEED SPECS: SEEDS/LB.: 20,000-40,000 (avg. 30,000).
PACKET: 200 seeds sows 33-34'.

AAS Winners

AAS Winners

We carry dozens of All-America Selections winners, including six AAS winnersJohnny's-bred varieties -- Baby Bear Pumpkin; Bright Lights Swiss Chard; Diva Cucumber; Sunshine Kabocha Squash; Bonbon Buttercup Squash; and Carmen Pepper. Read more about Johnny's plant breeding program. Article by Rob Johnston Jr., Johnny's founder and chairman.

All-America Selections winners are vegetable and flower varieties that have been tested by a network of independent judges who determined their garden performance was superior. Winners are chosen based on scores received from judges at 34 sites in the U.S. and Canada. Johnny's is proud to be an official trial ground site for AAS.  Visit All-America Selections website for more information.

Bred by Johnny's

Bred by Johnny's

Seeds and accessories are bred & developed by Johnny’s Selected Seeds.

Easy Choice

Easy Choice

Variety is easy-to-grow.

Grows well in containers

Grows well in containers

Variety does well when grown in a container.

Pack Sales

Pack Sales

Salad Mix Component

Salad Mix Component

A mixture of lettuce and greens with different colors, flavors and textures, harvested at a tender, baby, bite-size stage. For fresh salads.