Leaf miners in swiss chard seedlings :( :( :( :(
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Swiss chard seedlings are frail
Comments (15)Yes, the seedlings start frail and it take a while to get established. I planted some that were to close. After a while I dug them up and replanted at proper spacing. No problem. When you want to transplant(any seedling)You water them real well(let them get what they need, food water), then separate them and transplant them. AGAIN, right away, water them real well. I like redish swiss chards. In fact I prefer their texture and flavor over spinach....See MoreSwiss chard: Cut back or remove and replace?
Comments (7)Chard is a biennial. Plant more. Then plant more next spring. The ones you plant now should keep producing all winter if covered. They were the most frost proof thing in the garden last year. I threw a sheet over them but I don't think they even needed it. Might if you get bad freezes or snow. I discovered chard last year and can't get over how it grows even in the heat. It's wonderful after a cold snap. I eat my salads in the garden during the fall. Get some chickens and feed them the chard you can't eat. And keep cutting....it'll keep growing. Just feed it some fertilizer and away it'll go....See MoreSwiss Chard is Dying - do you recognize this?
Comments (4)What a coincidence - I just took pics of my chard last night that looks just like yours to ask this same question! I just googled leaf miners (I'd never heard of them before, with this only my 2nd time growing chard) and sure enough this looks just like what my plant has. Thanks lantanascape. Here is a link that might be useful: controlling leaf miners...See Moreswiss chard blight
Comments (5)I grow lots of Swiss chard - grows year round here. Leaf miners are a problem, but not a huge one. Just remove the affected leafs. My biggest chard issue is aphids on the yellow chard - and ONLY on the yellow chard! Go figure! But I have so much that neither the miners or the aphids are too big of a problem. Fortunately for me, chard is one of the easiest things to grow. Different zones I guess! :-) Kathy...See Morekatyajini
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