swiss chard

[Ms-T]

Hi, has any one grown Swiss chard in pots ,is it worth doing.
Thanks

[roitelet]

Never tried it but it should work. One plant to a big pot and plenty of food and water and away you go.

[Scarlet]

I've never tried them in pots either though I think one would be happy in a large pot. They would fit in amongst your flowers though if you've got some space.

[vixylix]

I'm going to try it in a pot this year. I think as Roitelet says, as long as it gets enough food and water it should be fine

[DannyK]

Only grown it in ground. You'll need a few plants to get a usable crop as the leaves reduce right down when cooked.

If you want something decorative try the variety Bright Lights. It comes up in lots of colours.

[Ms-T]

So how many plants do you think I would need for two people

[veggiechicken]

'Ere ya go https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/grow-y...container-idea

Like the idea of mixing the chard with parsley and violas to make it more attractive.

[Ms-T]

Thanks VeggieChicken now I want the Bright Lights one ,mine are white

[Lumpy]

If I can't afford a dwarf blackberry to go into the top of my mahoosive strawberry planter (got for £10) I am going to plant 1 Bright Lights at the top of it and then let it go to seed - they are very pretty plants!

[Chippy Minton]

We grew them in pots over this winter, they seem happy enough, although not as big as the ones in the ground. Make nice pickings when small. They also faired better than the kale as the pigeons don't like chard

[bario1]

Pigeons round here love chard!

[craftymarie]

I grew some in containers last year. They grew just fine. I used growing bags which are shaped like pots but can be stored flat so don't take up much room. Hadupots or something like that. They look attractive with the coloured stems but I didn't enjoy eating them as much as other things. But easy to grow.

[Ms-T]

Thank you all..i have just sown some seeds .

[Ms-T]

Got Bright Lights Chard today half price .

[Jay-ell]

I planted out some rainbow chard / perpetual spinach in a temporary polythene planter last year (9 sections each 1 foot square by 8 inches deep). It was still going strong until today (need to clear the space so up it came). The perpetual spinach was the strongest, then the white & yellow cards with the red chard the least productive - loads of leaves produced and a happy shopper full of leaves today to cook