Swiss chard

Beta vulgaris var. vulgaris L.

Pre-cultivation: for outdoors – from March till June to plant from April till July;

                          for overwintering in cold greenhouse – from beginning of September

                          to plant in the beginning of October.

Sowing direct outside: April till mid-June

Germination temperature: 18 – 20°C

Distances:  30-40 cm

Required quantity of seeds: pre-cultivation 24g/acre; direct sowing 100-150 g/acre

Sowing depth: approx. 3 cm

Thousand seeds mass: 10-18g

Propagator: FPE, GHO, WTH, SAL, RFE