Swiss chard ‚Lucullus’

Ripening

mittel

Harvest

Week 26 to 42

Vigour

stark

Growth habit

Stielmangold, breite weiße Stiele

Origin

USA

Open-pollinated

Yes

Heritage variety

Yes

Use

Kochen, Frisch, Salat

Disease resistance

Schossneigung: mittel

About this variety

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A proven white-stemmed chard with broad, fleshy ribs and coarse, blistered leaves. The sturdy white stems can be cooked separately like asparagus while you steam the leaves like spinach, two vegetables from one plant. Lucullus is tough, open-pollinated and reliably regrows after cutting, so you can harvest again and again for months.

Mild and slightly earthy, without a bitter note. The stems stay tender, the leaves taste fuller than those of the finer leaf chard types.

Care and diseases

Soil, feeding, pruning, companion planting and diseases apply to every variety of this species alike. You will find the full guidance on the species page.