Vegetable Gardening : How to Grow Swiss Chard

The best way to plant swiss chard is in the Spring into well tilled soil. It is good to have a raised bed with compost or manure incorporated into the soil. Swiss chard is fairly frost hardy, so you can plant it about three to two weeks before your last frost date. It can also be planted continuously throughout the Summer. You can use a garden seeder or sow the seeds by hand in rows or clumps. Keep the plants well watered and relatively weed free. You can expect to harvest swiss chard within about a month to six weeks after planting.

Yes, if you don't harvest the entire plant, you can harvest the outside leaves before they start to die back and allow the inside leaves to continue growing. This way, you can continuously harvest from a single plant for many months.

Swiss chard prefers nice sandy loose soil, but it is pretty flexible overall.

Swiss chard can be planted in the Spring, about three to two weeks before the last frost date. It can also be planted continuously throughout the Summer.

You can expect to harvest swiss chard within about a month to six weeks after planting.