Rainbow
Rainbow is a colourful mixture made up of four varieties of spinach beet (yellow stemmed, red with green leaf, purple with green leaf and orange stemmed with red leaf). Vigorous and healthy. They are selected for their glowing clear colours and excellent taste. Cut young can be included in Baby Leaf mixes. Also available as calibrated seed.
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Characteristics
Growing situation: open groundStem colour : coloured: red, purple, orange, yellowLeaf colour: green, redWidth of leaf stem : mid broad
Origin
Breeder: C. Henatsch Cerifications: Demeter, EU Bio
Cultivation
Direct sowing: April till mid of JunePlanting distance: swiss chard ca. 40 x 30 cm perpetual spinach 25-30 x 25 cm perpetual spinach: 100-200 g/a; 30-40 seeds per running metre perpetual spinach 13-15 plants/m² for overwintering in a cold greenhouse: beginning of September for planting out from beginning of October
