- You will get 100 Seeds of Swiss Chard Spring Garden Vegetable Seeds Heirloom Microgreens Non-Gmo Vegetable Seeds. - Soil Type: Chalk, Clay, Loam, Peat, Sand, Silt. - Sunlight: Full Sun, Medium Sun. - Life Cycle: Annual. - Watering: Medium. - Cultivating Difficulty: Easy. - Swiss chard is super fast growing and loves cooler Spring temperatures! - Swiss chard is beautiful in appearance with its large leaf blades and red stems that resemble glistening rhubarb and looks great in a salad! - Our swiss chard is open-pollinated and makes a wonderful complement to salads with their rich flavor and high antioxidant levels. - Open-pollinated swiss chard is used extensively in Mediterranean cuisine. - Swiss Chard has a unique ability to uptake salt in the soil and store it in its tissues. - They'll do very good in a container or window box. - Swiss Chard is excellent for small space gardens like apartment balconies. - They're chock full of phytonutrients and antioxidants and a great variety for microgreens. - Swiss Chard is also becoming quite popular for juicing due to its abundance of healthy properties and great flavor. - They have the ability to regrow after some of the leaves have been removed so you do not have to constantly reseed after harvesting. This is referred to as a cut and come again vegetable. - Mature Chard leaves are usually cooked or sauteed. The leaves are added to salad mixes and is used extensively by gourmet chefs. - Swiss chard is also a great plant for the early Fall. They tolerate cool weather better than most vegetables.