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: Item no.: G648 M
Characteristics
Width of leaf stem : mid broadStem colour : coloured: red, purple, orange, yellowLeaf colour: green, redGrowing situation: open ground
Cultivation
Raise in seed bed: for open ground: mid of March till beginning of June for planting out from mid of April till mid of July
for overwintering in a cold greenhouse: beginning of September for planting out from beginning of October
Sowing depth: ca. 3 cmAmount of seed needed: swiss chard: 50-60 g/a; 8-10 seeds per running metre
perpetual spinach: 100-200 g/a; 30-40 seeds per running metre
Seed germination temperature: 18-20 °CPlanting distance: swiss chard ca. 40 x 30 cm
perpetual spinach 25-30 x 25 cm
Direct sowing: April till mid of JuneOptimal amount of plants: swiss chard 8-9 plants/m²
perpetual spinach 13-15 plants/m²
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Origin
Breeder: C. HenatschCerifications: Demeter, EU Bio
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