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Purple Chard
Reference: ACEL02
Red Swiss chard ready for transplanting, with green leaves and vibrant stems in shades of red to purple. Productive, easy to grow and very versatile in the kitchen, it allows for successive harvests over several months.
💜 Purple Chard – Ready-to-Transplant Plant
Purple chard is a vegetable that is as flavorful as it is ornamental, standing out for its green leaves contrasting with stems and veins in shades of reddish to purple.
Supplied as a plant ready for transplanting, it is an excellent option for growing directly in the garden, in raised beds, or in good-sized pots.
Very productive, it allows for successive harvests, removing only the outer leaves and allowing the center of the plant to continue developing.
In the kitchen, both the leaves and stems are usable, and can be used in soups, stir-fries, stews, gratins, fillings, and side dishes.
🌿 Why Choose Purple Chard?
💜 Intensely colored and decorative stems and veins
🥬 Soft and flavorful leaves
🌱 Plant ready for transplanting
✂️ Allows for successive harvests
💚 Productive and easy-to-grow vegetable
🍲 Very versatile leaves and stems in the kitchen
🪴 Suitable for vegetable gardens, raised beds, and pots
📋 Cultivation Information
📅 Planting: Most of the year, avoiding periods of extreme conditions
📏 Planting spacing: Approximately 40 x 30 cm
☀️ Exposure: Sun or partial shade
💧 Watering: Regular, keeping the soil moist without waterlogging
🌱 Soil: Fertile, deep, and well-drained
✂️ Harvesting: Progressive, as the leaves reach the Desired size
🥬 Harvesting method: Remove the outer leaves first, preserving the center of the plant.
🪴 Cultivation: Vegetable garden, raised beds, or good-sized pots.
🌼 Greenhouse Tip
✂️ To prolong production, harvest only the outer leaves near the base, allowing the heart of the plant to continue producing new leaves.
💧 Regular watering helps to obtain softer leaves and promotes continuous and balanced growth.
🎨 Try interspersing Purple Chard with other green vegetables: in addition to being productive, its intense color creates a very beautiful and different effect in the garden.
🟢 An excellent choice for those seeking a productive, flavorful, and ornamental vegetable, capable of simultaneously adding color to the garden and variety to the kitchen.
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Specific References
Red Swiss chard ready for transplanting, with green leaves and vibrant stems in shades of red to purple. Productive, easy to grow and very versatile in the kitchen, it allows for successive harvests over several months.