Re: Swiss Chard bolting : Still edible ?

"MrMe" <MrMe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>  Actually 3' - 4'. How tall was yourn when the flowers set ?

About 5' on average.

> Do the
> flowers stay green or do they open with petals etc. at some point ?

There's a proper inflorescence.

> In what state/climate do you ( and S. Chard ) reside ?

I don't live in a state (except of chaos!), I live in York****re, England.

> And how old are
> they at 6' .?

A few months, I've sown the seed in early summer and harvested the greens 
and stems, they've stood through the winter than in spring they bolt.

I grow 'rainbow' chard, i.e. there are many different coloured stems. I
love 
the flavour, Spouse tolerates it. But he agrees that the colours are so 
beautiful that they're worth having in the agrden. I haven't sown any this

year because we're short of room. We only have a small garden and one of
the 
veg plots has been turned into a soft fruit cage this year so I only have 
three small patches dedicated to vegetables.

Mary

Mary