GROWING A "SWISS" MANGOLD Recently I received the seeds of Swiss chard. What is this plant? The term "Swiss" is used to distinguish chard from artichoke ... in French seed catalogs in the XNUMXth century. Apparently, the seeds of both plants were sold under the same names, and the name "Swiss" became firmly established, becoming the universal brand we know today. Chard, or leaf beet, I grow all over the world. ...
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PLANT SCHNITT-MANGOLD - CULTIVATION, PLANTING AND CARE Many people know chives, but few people know that there is a leaf beet with a similar name - chives-chard. The first part of the name translated from German means "cutting". And this is no coincidence: after cutting the leaves, the plant immediately releases new ones, which can be eaten again. By the way, this variety of beetroot has ...
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Growing Swiss chard - my advice and feedback Once I became an unwitting witness to a conversation between a vegetable department seller and a customer, which made me smile. - Do you have Swiss chard? A middle-aged woman asked. “No, we don’t have any supplies from Mongolia,” a young man answered confidently as he was laying out small heads of imported cabbage on a shelf. He was …
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Cultivation of Swiss chard beets HABITUAL TABLE BEETS HAVE A SYMPATHIC RELATIVE - MANGOLD, OR LEAF BEETS. TRUTH, THIS VEGETABLE CANNOT BOOK A ROOT - they grow it for the sake of a breeze, which is not only edible, but also extremely decorative ... How it happens It is customary to distinguish between petiolate (stem) and leaf chard. The latter is also called chives or roman cabbage. And both ...
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Planting Chard in Fall for the First Greens in Spring Many gardeners like to grow interesting and rare vegetables. Among these, chard is becoming increasingly popular on our sites. It is also called "leaf beet". In other countries, it has been grown for a long time, as it has been known since ancient times (the first mentions of it can be found even in Ancient Rome), ...
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