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.
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Characteristics
Suitable for growing: open groundLeaf colour: green, redStem colour : coloured: red, purple, orange, yellowWidth of leaf stem : mid broad
Cultivation
Seed germination temperature: 18-20 °CPlanting distance: swiss chard ca. 40 x 30 cm
perpetual spinach 25-30 x 25 cm
Optimal amount of plants: swiss chard 8-9 plants/m²
perpetual spinach 13-15 plants/m²
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
bred by
Christina Henatsch
Current breeding location: Ahrensburg, Schleswig-Holstein
Biodynamically cultivated varieties from Christina Henatsch:
Any other commercial resellers, who for example are filling up seeds themselves, are kindly asked to address their enquiry via telephone or email directly to us: +49 (0) 6035 1899-0.