I love swiss chard. Good to know there's a heat tolerant variety.
Having just discovered a squash bore in my token remaining zuke vine...the other ones having all perished in strange events...am tempted to let it the ol' veg bed die back myself.
The little chard that could.
It can handle frost. And I think it is biennial. So we get it rejuvinating itself after being buried under snow in -20C all winter.
Unfortunately it is not ground-hog tolerant. *(&#$#(*% groundhog chomped through it yesterday as well as taking bites out of 3 green tomatoes. *#(&$#(*%
Love the Swiss chard! How yummy is that? We planted "Bright Lights" and are getting lots of baby leaves with colorful stems. It's 107 here (Memphis), but it seems to be tolerating the heat well. I think this will definitely be a repeat in our victory garden.
I have luck with Swiss chard (Bright Lights usually, and sometimes just the average green version) during heat and through early light frosts up here in Alberta. It lasts when the lettuce and spinach bolt or turn black in the cold. Definitely one tough cookie, and I use it raw for salad and also cooked.
Chard is a mighty hardy plant, and lasted through an icky winter in the mountains of Virginia, until it was coated in ice overnight. You can probably abuse it year-round in Texas. I love chard and plant it between my tomatoes to keep the weedage down.
I have never had swiss chard. I will have to try it.
My garden was really bad this year. It is sad. I am thinking about planting something in the fall, but I am not sure what to plant. I am in the south so it isn't as if it gets really cold here quick. We will have summer weather all the way until October and sometimes November.
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