Description
Rainbow Swiss Chard invites you to eat the rainbow with this vast array of brightly colored plants! Enjoy magenta, gold, fuchsia, rhubarb, peach, and white stemmed leaves, all for your sautéing pleasure. This assortment of hues is created by allowing single-color varieties to cross pollinate, resulting in this distinctively gorgeous and unique blend of vigorous plants. Also, Rainbow sports mostly savoyed leaves, with a few smooth-leaved plants to keep things interesting. Thanks to our friends at Uprising Seeds for developing this impressive variety.
Days to Maturity: 30 to baby, 60 to full size
Latin name: Beta vulgaris
Life Cycle for seed saving: Biennial
Planting Instructions:
Direct sow Rainbow Swiss Chard or transplant as soon as soil temps are above 45°. Seeding depth: ¼”. Seeding rate for baby leaf: 3-4 seeds/inch. If starting indoors, transplant at 12-18”. Row spacing: 18-30” for full size.
All of our seed is Non-GMO and Certified Organic by Washington State Department of Agriculture. We grow the majority of our varieties here at Deep Harvest Farm on Whidbey Island while we purchase the rest from other small, organic Northwest seed growers. Finally, all of our offerings are open-pollinated (OP) so that you too can save and share seed from these plants!