General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Biennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Uses: Vegetable
Salad greens
Cooked greens
Suitable as Annual
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

Victory Seed Company sells seeds of 'Ruby Red'.

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Common names
  • Swiss Chard
  • Beet
  • Mangold
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Beta vulgaris var. cicla
  • Synonym: Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla

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Location: Longwood Gardens Conservatory, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2019-03-18
Location: My garden, Willow Valley Communities Lakes Campus, Willow Street, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2020-06-11

Date: 2013-02-21
Location: Temple, Texas
Date: 2024-03-20
Sprouted from a last season seed still in the ground, apparently.

Courtesy Sustainable Seed Company
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Date: 2013-02-21

Courtesy Sustainable Seed Company
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Courtesy Sustainable Seed Company
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Courtesy Sustainable Seed Company
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Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-05-19
Young plants
Comments:
  • Posted by csandt (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Jun 11, 2020 2:46 PM concerning plant:
    Inferior to Bright Lights and Fresh Fire, other cultivars of Swiss chard that I have grown. Ruby Red went to seed much too early.
Plant Events from our members
vbprog On March 7, 2016 Seeds sown
AtaMaj On March 14, 2020 Seeds sown
to be planted in the raised beds and in the orchard box
paleohunter On September 10, 2023 Seeds sown
paleohunter On October 20, 2021 Seeds germinated
paleohunter On October 13, 2021 Seeds sown
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