Re: [gardeners] Re: Potatoes/spinach
Liz Albrook (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Mon, 26 Oct 1998 10:44:35 +0000
Bill Loke <gardeners@globalgarden.com> wrote:
> Beets are beta vulgaris var. vulgaris. Swiss chard is beta vulgaris
> var. flavescens. Spinach beets are beta vulgaris var. cicla. So they
> are all varieties of beets.
Yeup. I find that swiss chard does taste different than the leaves
from red beets but that the greens from golden beets taste like swiss
chard. I usually cut the leaves from golden beets twice before
letting them regrow to form the bulb. That's not what books
recommend but it works for me here. Neither beets nor chard grew
well in my garden on the gulf coast.
Liz