Chard (Beta vulgaris)
Species Beet (Beta vulgaris)
Chard is a green leafy vegetable. It is also called silver beet, perpetual spinach, beet spinach, seakale beet, and leaf beet, but because it is the same species as beetroot, these other common names may overlap.
At a glance
- Lifecycle
- Biennial
- Germination temperature
- 4.4–35 °C
- Ideal germination temperature
- 29.4 °C
- Germination time
- 5–14 days
- Time to harvest
- 35–90 days
- Frost limit
- −3 °C