Certainly a perfect plant to grow. Spinach does have more nutrition, even though perpetual spinach is healthy too. I was just looking at nutrition the other day. Spinach comes out on top, compared to Swiss chard, in a number of nutritional components. Among them are calcium, with 1 cup of cooked spinach offering 24 percent DV compared to Swiss chard's 10 percent. Both greens are good sources of iron, with spinach providing a bit more with 36 percent of the DV compared to chard's 22 percent. Spinach comes out on top in terms of B vitamins, which are important for helping the body metabolize food, produce red blood cells and ward off anemia. Among them, folate is significantly higher in spinach, which provides 66 percent of the DV per cooked cup, compared to only 4 percent provided by a cooked cup of Swiss chard. Spinach also provides more riboflavin, zinc and manganese and a small amount of omega-3 fat.
Great details; thanks for that info. However, in my book, the healthiest greens are the ones I will actually grow and eat on a regular basis! Spinach is a picky princess and I have a hard time growing it. Swiss chard though? It's a work horse that pumps out fresh and tasty leaves nonstop with easy germination. That's why I grow swiss chard in my Aerogardens.
Perfect timing, just started growing three pods of rainbow swiss chard myself. Can't believe how well it's doing alredy. Looking forward to having some stirfrys with it.
Great experiment! I don’t really like chard so much but if this tastes like spinach then I would probably like it. Putting this on my to grow list. Thanks!
I like adding chard to my salad mixed with other greens. The bitter plants are excellent for detox. I love mixing these bitter plants in my salad and adding sweet tomatoes and a bright salad dressing to make it pop. Delicious.
I am growing that exact perpetual chard spinach in the Aerogarden Bounty right now and it is doing well also. Got the seeds from Baker's Creek rare seeds. I have also been trying Swiss Chard called Vulcan Red and Oriole Orange and they are doing well also. However, the last two during the transitional seedling stage where the true leaves first start forming, most of them begin to flop over and I had to improvise by propping them up with tooth pics and eventually bamboo skewers as a temporary trellis. Once they reach a certain height, they are strong enough to stand on their own. No problems with the perpetual spinach with this floppiness though. I am using Maxigrow and they are doing well with this nutrients. Thanks for another great vid!
I was a little worried for you at first. I grew chard in the garden and it grew into an absolute monster, like up to my hip in height. I'm glad this one wasn't quite so bad. I'm sure the frequent harvesting helped too. I'll have to see if I can find this variety locally.
I had good luck growing it in the aerogarden too and it tastes great. The oxalic acid content is huge though so I just keep one and eat it rarely. This was another great video thank you for making them. Ever hear of everglade tomatoes I wonder if they'd be good in aerogarden
How tall are these plants when ready to harvest? Can I just grow these in a 6-pod unit? I like to reserve my bigger units for bigger plants. Thank you!
That popcorn analogy was perfect.
Certainly a perfect plant to grow. Spinach does have more nutrition, even though perpetual spinach is healthy too. I was just looking at nutrition the other day. Spinach comes out on top, compared to Swiss chard, in a number of nutritional components. Among them are calcium, with 1 cup of cooked spinach offering 24 percent DV compared to Swiss chard's 10 percent. Both greens are good sources of iron, with spinach providing a bit more with 36 percent of the DV compared to chard's 22 percent. Spinach comes out on top in terms of B vitamins, which are important for helping the body metabolize food, produce red blood cells and ward off anemia. Among them, folate is significantly higher in spinach, which provides 66 percent of the DV per cooked cup, compared to only 4 percent provided by a cooked cup of Swiss chard. Spinach also provides more riboflavin, zinc and manganese and a small amount of omega-3 fat.
WOW! Thanks for all that great information, Matt.
Great details; thanks for that info. However, in my book, the healthiest greens are the ones I will actually grow and eat on a regular basis! Spinach is a picky princess and I have a hard time growing it. Swiss chard though? It's a work horse that pumps out fresh and tasty leaves nonstop with easy germination. That's why I grow swiss chard in my Aerogardens.
Thanks ,very helpful .
Perfect timing, just started growing three pods of rainbow swiss chard myself. Can't believe how well it's doing alredy. Looking forward to having some stirfrys with it.
Excellent experiment!
Chard is such an easy plant to grow. It always amazes me that more people don’t eat it.
swiss chard is amazing. Such an underrated vegetable.
Beautiful swiss chards.
Brilliant! Thank you so much for your contribution to the art/science/obsession of Aerogardening.
Happy Aerogardening.
Great experiment! I don’t really like chard so much but if this tastes like spinach then I would probably like it.
Putting this on my to grow list.
Thanks!
Same I grew swiss chard but disliked the taste..if this is like spinach I'll be happy!
I like adding chard to my salad mixed with other greens. The bitter plants are excellent for detox. I love mixing these bitter plants in my salad and adding sweet tomatoes and a bright salad dressing to make it pop. Delicious.
I am growing that exact perpetual chard spinach in the Aerogarden Bounty right now and it is doing well also. Got the seeds from Baker's Creek rare seeds. I have also been trying Swiss Chard called Vulcan Red and Oriole Orange and they are doing well also. However, the last two during the transitional seedling stage where the true leaves first start forming, most of them begin to flop over and I had to improvise by propping them up with tooth pics and eventually bamboo skewers as a temporary trellis. Once they reach a certain height, they are strong enough to stand on their own. No problems with the perpetual spinach with this floppiness though. I am using Maxigrow and they are doing well with this nutrients. Thanks for another great vid!
Yes Bakers Creek is where I bought some Parris Romaine lettuce, was wonderful.
What a great experiment! I need to get some of these seeds 😍
I was a little worried for you at first. I grew chard in the garden and it grew into an absolute monster, like up to my hip in height. I'm glad this one wasn't quite so bad. I'm sure the frequent harvesting helped too. I'll have to see if I can find this variety locally.
I have a packet of rainbow chard seeds. I’m going to check the height for this plant. Thanks ❤
Excellent !
Beautiful
I had good luck growing it in the aerogarden too and it tastes great. The oxalic acid content is huge though so I just keep one and eat it rarely.
This was another great video thank you for making them. Ever hear of everglade tomatoes I wonder if they'd be good in aerogarden
BTW, I think the ruby red swiss chard tastes better. But that is just my opinion.
Chard comes in different colors too
How tall are these plants when ready to harvest? Can I just grow these in a 6-pod unit? I like to reserve my bigger units for bigger plants. Thank you!
Little over 1 feet. We can easily manage them in Harvest with little early harvesting.
Try rainbow chard, its excellent.
Yeah, I start them in seed starter every year. They come super quick and very productive.