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Swiss chard in Newfoundland
Keeps producing through cool summers with little fuss.
demo estimate Guidance awaiting local review.
- Suitability for Newfoundland
- Cool-season — well suited
- Indoor seed start
- Not usually needed
- Transplant / sowing
- Direct sow ~1 weeks before typical last frost
- Frost tolerance
- Tolerates brief light frost
- Days to harvest
- 50–60 days
- Sunlight
- Part sun (2–4 hrs) or more
- Spacing
- 20–30 cm apart
- Wind
- Moderate — some shelter helps
- Containers
- Works in containers
- Greenhouse
- Not needed
Common problems here
- Leaf miner
Varieties that make sense for a short season
- Rainbow or white-stem types
Harvest
Cut outer stalks as needed.
Will swiss chard work in your garden?
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