This document summarizes the varieties, sources, time spans, conditions, successes and challenges of growing parsley, spinach, and Swiss chard in a garden. It notes the heights of the plants, where their transplants were sourced from, ideal planting times and harvest windows, preferences for sun and soil drainage, and that the parsley died due to weather while the spinach dried out and Swiss chard struggled with weather and watering inconsistencies.
This document summarizes the varieties, sources, time spans, conditions, successes and challenges of growing parsley, spinach, and Swiss chard in a garden. It notes the heights of the plants, where their transplants were sourced from, ideal planting times and harvest windows, preferences for sun and soil drainage, and that the parsley died due to weather while the spinach dried out and Swiss chard struggled with weather and watering inconsistencies.
This document summarizes the varieties, sources, time spans, conditions, successes and challenges of growing parsley, spinach, and Swiss chard in a garden. It notes the heights of the plants, where their transplants were sourced from, ideal planting times and harvest windows, preferences for sun and soil drainage, and that the parsley died due to weather while the spinach dried out and Swiss chard struggled with weather and watering inconsistencies.
Spinach-5 inches 12/11/16 Parsley-0 inches 12/11/16 Source of plant Swiss chard and spinach transplants taken from westside high school Parsley transplant taken from home depot Time span/conditions Parsley Plant September through November, harvest in 70-90 days, prefers morning or filtered sun, prefers well-draining soil Swiss chard-plant seeds 2 to 3 weeks before the last spring frost date Spinach- plant it about 4 to 6 weeks before the last frost in the spring Success and challenges Parsley-success was I was able to pick some off and eat them, challenges are that it died due to mixed weather conditions and bad sun Spinach- success is growing fine and pretty but challenges are that it is sort of drying off at leaves Swiss chard-success is growing just fine but challenge was weather difference and off watering