Fordhook Giant
(Beta vulgaris, cicla group)
Product ID: 701
The standard green Swiss chard.
The leaves are medium green and savoyed (crinkled) with white veins and broad, white stems. Decorticated (rubbed), sized seeds. Packet: 210 seeds.
Days to Maturity or Bloom: 25 baby, 50 bunching
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Growing Information:
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 seeds/oz., 1 1/3 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: 3 gm. (avg. 210 seeds, sows 35').
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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. |






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