Re: 5 color silverbeet (Was: starting tough stuff indoors)

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• Subject: Re: 5 color silverbeet (Was: starting tough stuff indoors)
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• Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 08:44:59 +1100

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> From: Ian Stoba and Laurie Mandigo-Stoba <stoba@earthlink.net>
> To: sqft@lists.umsl.edu
> Subject: Re: 5 color silverbeet (Was: starting tough stuff indoors)
> Date: Friday, February 13, 1998 4:35 AM
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> >>I'm having trouble with my beets and five color silverbeet.
> >>
> >>Regards,
> >>Laurie Mandigo-Stoba
> >>
> >
> >OK, this has finally got me out of lurkdom.  Just what is five color
> >silverbeet?  I've never heard of this before!
> >
> This is my first year growing it, but silverbeet is the Australian name for
> something very similar to Swiss Chard.  
Actually exactly swiss chard. We call it silverbeet 'cause its the same species
as beetroot (we don't say 'beets' always beet-root) but its silver! Except when
its five colour of course!

Samantha


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