60 Seconds or Sow: Swiss Chard - A 3 Season Vegetable: The Rusted Garden 2013

In 60 second or sow, I introduce you to a cool weather vegetable that grows through all three seasons. If you haven't grown Swiss Chard, check out this video. Swiss chard can be harvested spring, summer and fall. It will grow until a few hard frosts. The stalks can be sauteed and the leaves can be used like spinach.

[Uprootedandreplante]

I don't think I've ever seen such a monstrous chard, looks over 3ft high. What are you doing so right.

[keptyeti]

Enjoying your videos.

The prettiest little gold finches eat my chard. Last year I grew Ruby Red as well as Bright LIghts and they only ate the Ruby Red. This year I thought I'd outsmart them and just grow Bright Lights and they're back. They seem to prefer the yellow ones. I'm not sweating it. I have enough to share with the finches.

Just thought I'd share.

[superslyfoxx]

WOw you chard looks amazing.. mine look horrible. I hope I can perk mine up somehow.

[THERUSTEDGARDEN]

I ate and ate. It grows really fast. Its a good vegetable.

[THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Wow. Thats all I need. The birds eat my blueberries, blackberries and sunflowers.

[THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Hehe. Not sure. I give it a little fertilizer occasionally but dont even do it often enough. I hope it continues.

[superslyfoxx]

Thanks! I just got some fertilizer and will try that.

[estherishmael-oku]

I planted a bed in fall then went out of state for 3 mons to find them still thriving but stunted & full of bug eaten leaves. I cut them way back. Do you think they will make a come back? I hope my plants get leaves as large as yours. I planted the large ribbed dark green Swiss chard from seeds.

[brndnreed]

Wow nice greens.How do you keep the bugs off of them?

[THERUSTEDGARDEN]

I think that they will grow new leaves and take off as long as the bugs dont return.

[THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Cut it back. The new leaves come back nicely from heat wear and tear.

[THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Onions are billed as companions to chard. I cant tell you what the benefit is beyond I plant onions and related all over the garden to confuse rabbits and hopefully keep away insects. I can tell you onions wont harm the growth of chard or any vegetable.

[THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Actually Chard has been pretty good with bugs. I did spray it with BT over summer. I also drop slug pellets iron phosphate. But it fairs better then any of my greens.

[THERUSTEDGARDEN]

I havent. But made so many onion transplants for my video that my whole garden will have onions. I cant seem to toss the extra 100 onion transplants. Every vegetable will have onion companions this year.

[estherishmael-oku]

I am truly confused about whether onions, specifically shallots, are good companion plants for Swiss chard. I've literally seen that onion is NOT a companion to Swiss, but then I came across another website that says onions are good to plant with Swiss chard! In your experience, do you have any thoughts on this confusing matter?

[estheroku]

Thank you. Have you planted onions with bush or pole beans?

[GreenLadyUrbanFarm]

If I needed to grow it in a container what size container would you suggest?

[NYstranger]

My Swiss chard lasted until our first snow on the ground here in zone 5. 

[mreisma]

give it proper organic fertilizer, high nitrogen

[boobtuber]

I thought that was tolerant in hard frosts...