When to sow chard?
- Botanical name
- Beta vulgaris cicla
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
Chard is sown outdoors from April to July, 2.5 cm deep. It germinates in 10 to 12 days. It is harvested from May to March.
Chard is a biennial plant. The edible parts are the stems and leaves.
Chard through the year
- indoor sowing
- transplanting
- outdoor sowing
- harvest
In short
The last frost is not on the same day everywhere, so the recorded weeks are a guide and not a date.
Growing conditions
Pests and diseases
Listed here is every problem for which the sources name this plant as a host. The problems are not listed in order of how common they are.
Leaf miners
pest- Signs
- Pale winding trails or irregular blotches just under the skin of the leaf, with the larvae inside them. The blotches are broad and the leaf is no longer for the plate.
- Prevention
- Cover the bed with fleece before the flies start laying their eggs in early spring. Remove the weeds of the same family, on which the pest keeps going between crops.
- What to do
- Squeeze the attacked leaves between your fingers so that the larvae in them die, or remove and destroy the leaves, which is the main measure. Do not spray, because that also destroys the parasitoids that keep the miners in check.
Slugs and snails
pest- Signs
- Holes appear in the middle of the leaf rather than along the edge, young plants are eaten down to the ground, and there are slimy trails in the morning. On low-growing fruit there are gnawed pits.
- Prevention
- Remove the hiding places beside the bed: boards, stones, dense weeds. Water in the morning and not in the evening, so that the night is dry. Spread a band of coarse sand or gravel around the bed. Cover young plants with fleece. Pick them off at night, which is still the most effective measure.
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Related plants
The plants below are in the same botanical family (Amaranthaceae).
Sources about the plant: Alabama Cooperative Extension System, BUND Region Hannover, Clemson Cooperative Extension, GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, KGZS, NC State Extension Plant Toolbox, Royal Horticultural Society, Semenarna Ljubljana, Utah State University Extension, Wikidata. Checked between 14 and 28 August 2026. The problem descriptions also draw on: University of Maryland Extension, University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension.