Growing Silverbeet, also Swiss Chard or Mangold

Beta vulgaris var. cicla : Amaranthaceae / the amaranth family

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T
P	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P

(Best months for growing Silverbeet in Australia - sub-tropical regions)

S = Plant undercover in seed trays
T = Plant out (transplant) seedlings
P = Sow seed

Easy to grow. Sow in garden. Sow seed at a depth approximately three times the diameter of the seed. Best planted at soil temperatures between 10°C and 30°C. (Show °F/in)
Space plants: 15 - 30 cm apart
Harvest in 7-12 weeks.
Compatible with (can grow beside): Beans, brassica sp. (cabbage, cauliflower, etc), tomato, allium sp. (onion, garlic, chives), lavender, parsnip
Avoid growing close to: Corn, melon, cucurbit (cucumbers, squash, melons, gourds), most herbs, potato.

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13 Jul 18, Barbara Conje (Australia - tropical climate): Will silverbeet grow in the tropics (Darwin)? If so, what time of year? Thank you.
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16 Jul 18, (Australia - tropical climate): Plant April to June - in future select your climate zone and then the vegetable and then read up about it.
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17 Jun 18, Diane (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate): Silverbeet grows just fine in Taumarunui without being in a glasshouse- just keep the possoms off it. Mangolds are NOT silver beet but a large turnip used as stock feed
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20 Jun 18, Mike L (Australia - sub-tropical climate): From Gardening website.--
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21 Jun 18, Mike L (Australia - sub-tropical climate): The article says it is really a beet.
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31 May 18, Margaret Dawson (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate): I have little silverbeet plants in little pots in my glasshouse. It's now June, is it okay to plant them outside. I live in Taumarunui in the King Country. My glasshouse is quite small and I don't really have enough room for them to grow big in there. Thanks. Hope to hear from you soon Margaret
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07 Jun 18, Mike L (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Sounds like you have no option but to try it. Or a far bigger green house.
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06 Jun 18, Mike L (Australia - sub-tropical climate): You can only give it a go.
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27 Nov 17, Don (Australia - temperate climate): I have young silver beet in a raised outdoor bed, leaves are approx the size of the top of a cup and they are all going to seed. What is the best way to handle?
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29 Nov 17, Tanya (Australia - temperate climate): I don't think there is anything you can do to stop them going to seed. These thou I find just usually self sow (so just let them go) and more will come up. (I have silverbeet all year round in that bed and I don't replant them)
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Silverbeet grows just fine in Taumarunui without being in a glasshouse- just keep the possoms off it. Mangolds are NOT silver beet but a large turnip used as stock feed

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