Rainbow
Rainbow is a colourful mixture made up of four varieties of swiss chard (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.
Sowing calendar
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Characteristics
Suitable for growing: open groundLeaf colour: green, redStem colour : coloured: red, purple, orange, yellowWidth of leaf stem : mid broad
Origin
Breeder: C. Henatsch Cerifications: Demeter
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 perpetual spinach 25-30 x 25 cm perpetual spinach 13-15 plants/m² perpetual spinach: 100-200 g/a; 30-40 seeds per running metre