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    Hi, last year I grew Swiss Chard for the first time. I have picked and eaten it and now have quite large plants with tough looking stems/leaves. I was going to dig it out and grow new plants but someone has told me to trim the plants down, let them re-shoot and grow them for another year. Has anyone else done this or should I dig them up?
    "A home without a cat is only a house"

  • #2
    I kind of tried it, the plants from last year were still a bit tougher and were slow to grow back though so I decided to ditch them and start afresh.
    Of course you don't have to, feel free to try what your friend suggested.
    They are so easy to grow from seed anyway.

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    • #3
      Yup- cut them down to about 6-8".
      We sow every 2 years unless a very heavy frost kills them.
      Yummy!
      "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

      Location....Normandy France

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      • #4
        I might try fleecing them this winter, I think mine didn't like all that snow.

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        • #5
          Indigox
          Hi, when I took over a long abandoned allotment to keep my hens there was a Swiss Chard plant growing mightily, it's taken me three years to get this allotment under control - inbetween keeping my main allotment going and the Swiss Chard plant kept coming back, I didn't eat it but the hens did!
          So three years and counting
          Sue

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          • #6
            Thanks everyone for your speedy replies, I will keep the plants and see how well they re-grow.
            "A home without a cat is only a house"

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