Low to medium tall growing green perpetual spinach beet Verde da taglio has glistening fine green leaves and tender midribs. Frost hardy, repeated cutting possible. Cut young can be included in Baby Leaf mixes. High yielding. Particularly good flavour.
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Characteristics for Verde da taglio (Schnittmangold)
Suitable for growing: open ground, under glassLeaf colour: greenStem colour : cremeWidth of leaf stem : very narrow
Cultivation for Swiss Chard
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
propagated by
Azienda agricola "Sol Ribaldo" / Elia Betrame
At the Azienda agricola "Sol Ribaldo" in Italy, seeds are propagated in the Apennines at an altitude of approximately 650 metres above sea level.
Waldhof / Thomas Mauer
Thomas Mauer propagates seeds at the Demeter-certified Waldhof farm in Kassel, situated beneath the eastern escarpment of the Habichtswald.