How to Save Swiss Chard Seed - Seed Saving Tutorial

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7 жыл бұрын

In this episode, we will be walking you through a very simple guide to saving swiss chard seed.
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@janetmckitrick4899 3 жыл бұрын

Chard is a biennial plant, meaning it has a two year life cycle, but it is cultivated as an annual in the vegetable garden and harvested in its first season of growth. Once it begins to flower and set seed in its second year, its leaves turn bitter and unpalatable. Both the leaves and stalks of chard are edible.

@judylandry302 Жыл бұрын

This guy Luke, has the cleanest, smoothest hands and prettiest manicured nails I have ever seen on a gardener.

@user-dq9rr9mv3f Ай бұрын

Omg my Swiss chard has flowered.. I’m so excited!!!!

@susankasper7355 Жыл бұрын

I'm just getting into saving seeds, and it's like you said, this one plant just burst into seed. I'm excited to watch it dry and pick them. Thank you for your light hearted instruction.

@eliseville 2 жыл бұрын

My local NorCal library started a seed exchange and one of the chard starts I planted last fall has gone to seed! Perfect video. Thank you! I just need to wait a bit for it to dry out and brown, but I got the envelopes to return them in. How exciting to help my community become more self sufficient as we potentially are heading into very hard times with insane massive support for Ukraine's fight with Russia! I'll save a few of the gazillions from just this one plant to feed to my new flock of chickens just nearing their first lay! They love them.

@charlesemigh411 4 жыл бұрын

I came here because I have some chard that over-wintered (and survived here in Ohio) that has now gone to seed...the funny thing is, they have grown to about 7 feet tall!!! I never would have guessed they'd get that big. It's all still green, so as you say, I'll show some patience =) Thanks for all the instruction!

@alziradantas007 Ай бұрын

That’s how it should be … it definitely should take the second season for them to flower and go to seed. Mine are about 7 feet tall also! Needs us to have lots of patience 😅

@Yoga_With_Amy 7 жыл бұрын

Loving your channel! I love saving seeds and knowing i have second or third generations of my own plants ^.^

@amieerollins5271 3 жыл бұрын

Love your channel I buy seeds from you every year !! And learning how to save my own! Ty for all that you do to help others learn

@chompers11 3 жыл бұрын

googling for tips on saving swiss chard seeds, saw your face on a thumbnail and knew I had to click it to get that good good info XD thanks bud

@danagreen9264 3 жыл бұрын

Yrs later im looking at this vlog i have hoped and wish for swiss chard to go to seed and it would not, this yr 2020 it made it thru brutal freeze now spring i have seeds making and u always have the appropriate info to help me thank you i have 2 going to seed rt now i am jumping for joy over this lol🙃🙃🙃😁😁😆

@II-gj7vq 5 жыл бұрын

Hi there just wanted to sit start out by saying I watch you all your videos I love your work it's wonderful you are so informative and intelligent I can't wait to order some seeds and in the meantime thank you for showing me how to harvest the seeds from my Swiss chard I have 2 big huge plants that went to seed and now I know how to save them keep up the great work I'll keep watching

@tracycouture3955 2 жыл бұрын

That is so kind of you, seeds are like gold these days 🥰🌱

@ortizle1 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for all your detailed videos

@gbred2011 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Luke for sharing your gardening passion!! Thanks to you and trifecta+, my 1st year gardening was a success!!

@MIgardener 7 жыл бұрын

That is awesome!!!! That is what we love to hear! Now the 2nd gardening season will be ever better right? Grow big!

@rebekahcrossman4690 3 жыл бұрын

So cool! I just clipped my green seed heads off thinking my plant would stop producing!! Always love your enthusiasm.

@charlesbale8376 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking time to share.

@paigerichards5214 2 жыл бұрын

I know this is an old video but I had to comment! Last year we bought garden soil from a place we never had before..well, I ended up with poisonous weeds popping up. But to my surprise right in the middle of my carrots is the big red veined green leaf. I have NEVER grown Swiss Chard before but there it was! I just left it cuz I wasn't sure if it really was swiss chard. This year it came back so I put it in a pot and of course it started to bolt..I knew that I had to save the seeds with such a hardy plant! Thanks for this video, I can't wait till they turn brown!

@joannthompson765 7 жыл бұрын

great video been a following for a quite a few yrs

@jeffhawk1318 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. I'm just starting to save seeds

@aniseed347 7 жыл бұрын

I've got last year's chard just starting to go to seed all over my garden, and I'm going to be saving the red, the green, and the gorgeous pink in my front yard (I don't even eat that one, I've been treating it like an ornamental!). It's just such a great plant. I'm in New Zealand, we're in spring now, we have mild winters where we are, and it's a real winter staple here because it just keeps producing. I reckon it's setting seed now because it's not happy about the weather warming up ;) The seed does take a good long time to mature, from my experience in recent years. You've just got to get over the fact it's going to be falling all over everything for a while. I've decided to stake mine this year, keep it up and out of the way so I can still use my paths. I lost a path completely to it last summer! (please exempt me from the giveaway, I think I'll have plenty of seed!)

@jamiebraun1606 3 ай бұрын

Thank you I have a couple of bolting chard now I’ll have seeds

@HalanaC95 7 жыл бұрын

I'm new to gardening and this would be so fun to try!

@easypeasy2991 4 жыл бұрын

All mine have gone to seed!! I was thinking about removing them but found a bird coming to pick on it a few times so I thought to leave it although it looks rather messy. Now you make me think that's a good idea because i can save some seed now! Thanks for showing how.

@QuzieSuzieQ 7 жыл бұрын

Fun! Love your videos.

@rajithaprodduturi3630 7 жыл бұрын

Good video Luck!Happy Gardening.

@kimiyemlsmallgardendream8115 2 жыл бұрын

I’m waiting for my seeds to mature I can’t wait. Thank you for the info 🥰

@trevorformosa1533 7 жыл бұрын

Great videos love everyone of them

@LindaPenney 7 жыл бұрын

aWESOME UPDATE THANK YOU FOR SHARING HAVE A BLESSED DAY

@SansaStarkofWinterfell 7 жыл бұрын

Wow, those are huge Chard seeds! I've never seen Chard seeds! Beautiful Luke. Great job. 😊 So beautiful. It looked like you had several chard plants go to flower in that patch. 🌾 Good Luck to whomever wins the chard seeds! 🌱 🌾 Merry meet 🌿

@itsx123 7 жыл бұрын

I would love some swiss chard seeds! Keep up the great videos!

@lisacunningham1739 7 жыл бұрын

Love your channel, learning a lot.

@MIgardener 7 жыл бұрын

I am so thrilled Lisa. Thanks for following and watching along and I certainly hope we can bring more informative videos to you that help you just as much (if not more)!

@jaredsattler3524 7 жыл бұрын

I would totally give these seeds to someone else I have been getting into gardening! thanks Luke

@DonnaldaSmolens 7 жыл бұрын

thank you so much for this info. I thought I had to let it go through more than one season.

@efyHealth Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. All of my chard went to seed this year. I have purple and white and its all in the 2nd year. I found out that chard is biennial. It grows pretty much anywhere I drop seed even accidentally.

@3611136111 4 жыл бұрын

this was so helpful. My swiss chard is loaded with seed and most of the stalks have fallen over but they are still green. I will be patient and wait till they turn brown to harvest. Thanks for the info.

@TheWricky 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, just what I was looking for. :-)

@johnman2619 7 жыл бұрын

those seeds are amazing.

@aerorecruit9395 7 жыл бұрын

I grew Swiss chard for first time this year love it with mustard greens and romaine mix. I was wondering if it would bolt like broccoli so this vid was informative thanks for sharing love your channel.

@bushwickbillOG 7 жыл бұрын

in Australia, we call this Rainbow Spinach, thanx for the great work Luke, cheers

@riedjacobsen8620 3 жыл бұрын

This answers my question. Thanks! NE Illinois here. Last November, I still had 4 Swiss chard plants still alive so I transferred them to large pots and put them in the basement to over winter. I continued harvesting leaves on occasion. 3 of the 4 died in February. Late March, I moved the last one back to the garden and was able to get leave thru June. Then it flowered and went to seed. Now to be patient to want for it to die off. Plant is 4 foot tall and very top heavy. Hoping the stakes will keep it from toppling before I can get the seeds.

@eliseville 2 жыл бұрын

Watching this vid, it doesn't appear important to keep it erect. Mine, a year later, is also laying over on the ground.

@jamesrose8660 7 жыл бұрын

Swiss Chard seeds for the win!

@marilynbennett9868 3 жыл бұрын

I let some rainbow chard plants go to seeds. I collected a lot and then pulled up the old plants and dragged them over to our green (plant recycle) trash can. Now we have about 20 chard plants growing all around the yard. They are drought tolerant! So I harvest the leaves and then we pull up the plant. I made a chard/potato/parmesan cheese soup that was delicious with 10 huge chard leaves (more than a foot long and also very wide.) I learned about the seeds from MIgardener.

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@Salahare 7 жыл бұрын

ooohhhh that looks very nice! I wouldn't mind getting some of thosefor indoor planting this coming year. :D

@mjf719 7 жыл бұрын

I'm actually going to be trying swiss chard for the first time this growing season (I'm in South Florida so my growing season is starting now!). :)

@nornironniall 3 жыл бұрын

How did it go?

@mjf719 3 жыл бұрын

@@nornironniall Not well. I have never successfully grown swiss chard here. However, I have grown arugula, mustard greens, and certain kales very easily during our growing season.

@nornironniall 3 жыл бұрын

Cool, too much sun maybe?

@nelnj7447 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the lesson, my Swiss chard from last year went to seed and I did not know how to harvest them. I’ll wait for the stem to dry.

@maryjokattelman3321 5 жыл бұрын

Mine are still green. Thanks for the help.

@annagregg8401 2 жыл бұрын

Oh, good to see this, I picked mine to early...they weren't brown...well, I will wait for them to bold next time! I'd like some of your seeds. Thanks.

@kathrynkij5979 3 жыл бұрын

I must have hit the jackpot, cause a bunch of mine went to seed! 😄 This season was really hot in Wyoming though.

@Flemeth85 7 жыл бұрын

count me in on the seed giveaway! Love what you do Luke :)

@VivianaDM 7 жыл бұрын

Loved the video! Would love some Swiss chars seeds!

@63viet 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@beinbrek 7 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't mind a packet for sure. Swiss Chard seems to be one I'm having trouble getting to grow. but that isn't going to stop me from keeping at it until I do get them growing for me.

@aedenscalpne8324 7 жыл бұрын

thx! this really helped😁😀

@skyecameron9359 7 жыл бұрын

I would love some seeds.. I have never grown swiss chard and would be a pretty cool plant for next season to try out!

@leskuelbs9558 7 жыл бұрын

great video. been interested in swiss chard. right now though, i am trying coffee, thanks to your recent video,

@MIgardener 7 жыл бұрын

Yay!

@PinkChucky15 7 жыл бұрын

That's awesome, there's so many seeds! :-)

@MIgardener 7 жыл бұрын

It is so amazing that 1 seed can produce thousands isn't it?!? Just blows me away.

@lethasaldanha1884 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent instructions; been wondering how to get seeds from my flowering swiss chard. They are still green

@margaretgreenwood4736 Жыл бұрын

Thank you soooo much

@nancymcclain6122 7 жыл бұрын

Didn't grow it before, but got to try it this year. Hope to grow some next year. Free seed would be nice.

@dorisagape9768 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video. Even if it is just 5 seeds I would love to plant that variety.

@TheDawaKid 7 жыл бұрын

awesome!

@yes2water750 7 жыл бұрын

thank you for the video

@MIgardener 7 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome!

@chrislescorbeau9557 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@rosiesgarden1820 7 жыл бұрын

Did I hear seed give away!! Woot!

@anthonybenedetto6360 7 жыл бұрын

Thats cool I like some seeds!

@jeanmuehlfelt7942 6 жыл бұрын

I'm going to try saving Technicolor Swiss Chard Seed from Olds Seeds. They only sell seeds to stores these days and I just planted the last five seeds. Thanks for the tutorial. BTW - I found curly kale easy to bolt one year and have thousands of seeds this year. Too many for future smoothies, though. :-)

@katzgarden636 7 жыл бұрын

never tried but I'm growing it hopefully it's yummy.

@KayNolte 7 жыл бұрын

thank you!

@JTTeProductions 7 жыл бұрын

Wow! Seed give away...Grrreat! I'm in!

@gabrielbayley4247 7 жыл бұрын

love swiss chard... would totally use free seeds too

@theresecornelius812 Жыл бұрын

I’ve grown Swiss chard for many years. This is the first year (2023) all of it finally after a 2022 season went to seed. I had so much Swiss chard. Then it grew to be a monster giant! Huge, thick stalks 8-10 feet tall! They have all dropped over and are blocking the walkway…but I am enjoying this new adventure. The smell is INCREDIBLE! No wonder the bees love them. They smell like Vanilla and honey. But no where near brown, and I’m wondering how much longer I have to wait? Probably until the end of summer or fall! I’ll be patient! Thanks for giving me the push to keep going!

@jody-annesullivan4547 7 ай бұрын

Same. I am in Australia so we are at the start of our summer. One of the silverbeet seedlings planted in May grew to be my most successful, stalk and leaves longer than my arms, then went to seed with a stalk about 1.5+ metres? It’s flopped out of a raised bed, blocking a path, still green. This was such a great plant that I want it’s seeds, so seems patience is the key until they actually turn brown!

@donaldhambright969 26 күн бұрын

Swim chard...yummm

@tunegocioimporta 7 жыл бұрын

I need somee 🍂🍂🍃🍃🍃!

@Matt_j593 7 жыл бұрын

Luke! Swiss Chard is my favorite green in the garden. I would love to be entered into the contest for seeds!

@steviebboy69 7 жыл бұрын

I have mine seed easy, i have had the same plants going from the original ALDI pack. We call it Silver Beet over here in Australia, and yes the seed is easy to harvest by running your fingers down the stem.

@wac74 5 жыл бұрын

thank you

@TheUrbanOrganic 7 жыл бұрын

I'm in!

@Begining2013 7 жыл бұрын

I'm in Australia and Swiss chard (also called silverbeet) is very common and about the only veggie that survives in my neglected garden. I never knew how to save the seeds, though! Thanks for sharing.

@MIgardener 7 жыл бұрын

So glad it helped you out! I think they also call it beetroot in Great Britain. So many names!

@katec9893 2 жыл бұрын

@@MIgardener Replying to this 5 years later lol but I'm in the UK and beetroot is not the same thing as Swiss chard here. I think what we call beetroot Americans call beets?We call swiss chard swiss chard or just chard.

@frederickmuhlbauer9477 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@danafarmer7763 7 жыл бұрын

thank brother

@alicenakajima6014 7 жыл бұрын

You will laugh but I have never ever tried Swiss chard before! Getting free seeds will give me great incentives to plant and eat it. Pick me pick me! 🤓

@howtogardenwithhammerinhan2427 7 жыл бұрын

alice nakajima it's not hard to get seeds

@MaineHomesteadProject 7 жыл бұрын

We are also saving chard seeds this year! It also took us 2 years to get seeds from them.

@MIgardener 7 жыл бұрын

Glad you got some to go to seed as well. I can't really get a sure fire way to get mine to go to seed.

@amamdascityhomestead2734 7 жыл бұрын

i would love to grow some here in australia. just bought some okra seeds. i am sooooo excited to grow them and even taste them. btw, i have liked your fb page but it is under my personal name.

@felliez28 7 жыл бұрын

Amamda's city Homestead , its called silver beet here in Australia, I brought a packet of seeds from Bunnings.

@howtogardenwithhammerinhan2427 7 жыл бұрын

Try growing your Swiss chard under some cheap LED lights like I do with my spinach and lettuce! This is a great way to keep things going in the winter on a small scale! Each one of my lights is only 36 W, and I have three of them. This covers a 18" x 4' rectangle of space! This is perfect for Lettuce and leafy green!

@renobscure7910 7 жыл бұрын

Wow, the seeds look so much bigger than the ones I've gotten in packets!

@MIgardener 7 жыл бұрын

They really are very large!

@spafa9 7 жыл бұрын

That is great! Very helpful. I will have to try and let it go to seed. Would love to win some seeds.

@MIgardener 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Faye! Good luck!

@mollylove5725 4 жыл бұрын

Wow

@debbieboullion6881 7 жыл бұрын

awesome video I would love some seeds

@ngale3218 7 жыл бұрын

love wat i do

@econ453a 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video! Once I have the seeds, how do I save them for a year or two? Do I need to first dry them in the sun for 2 days and then put in a ziplock bag and then in the refridgerator? Thanks.

@russelleriksen1570 2 жыл бұрын

I had swiss chard in 2 seperate beds that I planted in spring last year. They did really well and got HUGE. However during the winter I decided to clear one of the beds to grow garlic in. So I moved the massive plants and they more or less immediately went to seed in their new home. Not sure if that is normal however...

@giggiwidit5638 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah... um … I think that I may be a few years too late for this chard seed give-away lol (goes and sobs in a corner) =9 =D Great video though !!!

@giggiwidit5638 4 жыл бұрын

@@paulreid7370 I don't know...let me consult my crystal ball, and see into the future for you =9 =DDDDDDD

@garanandmelissa 7 жыл бұрын

I would love some seeds! We just bought a new house in the PNW and we can't wait to start a raised bed garden!

@howtogardenwithhammerinhan2427 7 жыл бұрын

garanandmelissa don't be desperate, just buy some seeds and grow them indoors for the winter! You will have a much better time than waiting around for him to give you some! Don't get me wrong, I love this channel, I'm just saying! If you want it you can have it

@garanandmelissa 7 жыл бұрын

Hahaha I fully intend to buy my own seeds-- I'm not waiting for free seeds. I just thought it would be fun to try some of these, too. I'm definitely not desperate ;-)

@howtogardenwithhammerinhan2427 7 жыл бұрын

garanandmelissa i'm sorry, I did not mean to call you desperate at all. I was just making a general statement about most of the comments that I have seen. I hope no offense was taken.

@greeniedrone2937 7 жыл бұрын

I find your seed saving videos are very informative and educational. I wonder if these swiss chard giveaway seeds will produce green, yellow, or red leaves.

@MIgardener 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you! We are thrilled that you love the videos and I hope they can continue to help you out!

@dymondwillow2 7 жыл бұрын

swiss chard would be nice to try

@howtogardenwithhammerinhan2427 7 жыл бұрын

dymondwillow2 why do people act like you cannot buy the seeds, Just get them and grow them under LED lights for the winter! You gonna have a great harvest in a small area!

@MIgardener 7 жыл бұрын

Maybe you will win! :) It is delicious too!

@ecocentrichomestead6783 6 жыл бұрын

I'm wondering if you know about collecting seeds to use for growing sprouts during the winter. I am trying to make some sprouts from Rutabaga seeds I grew but they are slow sprouting.

@mindypatriotangel6064 7 жыл бұрын

I would love to win some seeds, I have never grown swiss chard before :) Thanks Luke

@dennisrobles776 3 жыл бұрын

Hope I can have some

@dstack1014 7 жыл бұрын

I've never been able to get mine to go to seed either, and I've used up the last of my seeds. Please count me in on the seed giveaway, especially since today happens to be my birthday. 😁🎂

@MIgardener 7 жыл бұрын

Well happy birthday!!! We will do the drawing in a few days over on our facebook channel.

@Dabigez829 7 жыл бұрын

I tried to grow Swiss Chard this past summer, and I keep wondering why it would not grow. Come to find out my dog loves eating it too. So I need some more seeds to plant for the two of us to eat.