Growing Swiss Chard From Seeds, Step By Step! (SECRETS*)

Swiss Chard Is an Easy To Grow Winters Leafy Green Vegetable, & In This Post We Will See How To Grow Swiss Chard Leaves at Home, Starting From Their Seeds, Its a Beginner’s Friendly Guide.

Basics About Swiss Chard:

Swiss Chard is a Winters Vegetable Plant, It Likes a Little Coolness To Grow Bigger leaves, Its Related To BeetRoot Plants, The Leaves may Look alike. But Swiss Chard Plants Don’t Have any Bulbs like Beetroots. Their Leaves are Edible & Used Very Widely In Cooking & Salads.

When To Sow The Seeds of Swiss Chard?

First of all You Should The Exact Time To Sow The Seeds of Swiss Chard Plants. They Likes To Grow in a Cool Weather, Not Cold Just a Little Coolness is Ideal. You can Sow Their Seeds Before Or Just at The Start of Winters.

As The Seeds Sprout, The Cool Weather Will Aid Their Healthy Growth. Summers Weather Isn’t Ideal, Seeds May Sprout But Plants Wont Survive. Cool Weather is Most Important For Swiss Chard Plants. In Ideal Season, Very Less problems Will Appear & Plants Grow Fast.

How To Choose Best Seeds?

Another Most Important Thing For Growing Swiss Chard From Seeds, Is The Seeds Quality. Buying Healthy & Fresh seeds Is Very Fruitful. While 2-4 Years Older Seeds Won’t Grow Well.

Better To Buy a Hardy Variety With Fresh Quality Of Seeds. You can Also Buy It From Here. Choose The Most Common Variety Of Swiss Chard, Some rare or Exotic Variety May Not Grow Well, If You are Experienced Then You can Try.

Preparing The Soil & Sowing….

Now Lets Prepare The Pot & Soil For The Seeds. Seeds Likes a Well Draining & Soft Soil Media. Hard & Compact Mixture Will Reduce The Germination Rate. I Have Prepared a Seed Starter At Home, It Works Really Well, You can Find This Soil Recipe from Here.

For The Pot, Choose a Pot With Drainage Holes, 5-6 Inches Would Be Big Enough.

How to Sow The Swiss Chard Seeds?

For Sowing The Seeds of Swiss Chard, Moisten The Soil Fully, Then Place The Seeds Over The Soil Equaly Apart. Gently Press Them To Make Seed To Soil Contact.

Now Cover This With Cocopeat, Or Use The Same Soil But Dont Add Too Much, Just make The Seeds Disappear.

Water This Thoroughly, Make The Top Layer Fully Moist, Use a Spray Bottle. Place This Pot In a Very Bright Spot, Away From Direct Sunlight. & Keep The Upper Soil layer Moist.

After 6 Days….

Within 5-6 Days, Tiny Seedlings Will Poop Out Of The Soil. At This Stage, Make Sure The Seedlings Recieve Alot Of Light, 1-2 Hours of Morning Sun Can Also Work Well. This Will Eliminate The Leggyness of The Seedlings.

After 21 Days…

After a few Weeks, When They Have a Few leaves You can Transplant Them Into Their Final Spot. They Requires Upto 6″ Deep Pot, I am using This Wide Grow Bag, You can Buy One From Here.

For The Soil, Use any Loose & Well draining Soil, It Should Be Hard & Water Blocking. A Simple Soil recipe is also added In Here You Can Follow That.

Water The Seedlings Well A day Before This, Gently Get The Seedlings Out. Make a Hole In The Soil & Plant Them Upto The Crown. Crown Is The Part From Where The leaves are Coming Out of.

Gently Press The Soil To provide Support & This Plant Each One Of Them. Water The Soil, Not too Much & Not Too Less. Place This Pot In a Bright Shade For a few days.

After 21 Days…

As You See New growth On Your Plants, You can Move This Grow Bag To a Sunny Spot. Around 2-4 Hours of Sunlight Daily Is Good For Swiss Chard Plants. Water Only When The Top Layer of Soil Looks Dry, OtherWise Don’t.

After 32 Days…

Your Swiss Chard Plants Will Keeps on Getting Bigger & Bigger, The Season Will Keeps On Getting Cooler & Cooler, This Will Result The Best Growth. You can Also Use a Fertilizer after a Few days Of Transplant.

Use This Homemade Vegetable Fertilizer To get Best Growth, It Made at Home From Kitchen base Ing. Guide On This Fertilizer is added Here. Otherwise You Can Use Cow dung Liquid, It works Great Too.

After 46 Days…

Within 40-50 Days, Your Plants Will Be Fully Mature With 5-6″ Big Leaves. You can Harvest Them at This Stage, Otherwise They Will start producing Flowers & Then Seeds. Just Use a Cutter, & Cut 1″ Above The Crown.

& Here We Have Our First Set of Swiss Chard leaves Grown At Home. Now harvest Them all.

So Here We Have Our Final Harvest from These Plants, Wash Them & use In Kitchen. These Plants Will grow New leaves Within a week Or So, That You can Again Harvest, & This Way You can take 2-3 Harvest From These Plants.

Its all About Growing Swiss Chard From Seeds, Here is a Guide On Growing Lettuce From Seeds At Home, Feel Free To Follow.