How to grow Silverbeet
It’s easy to grow silverbeet to glut-like quantities.
Silverbeet grows best in:
- full sun in fertile
- moist soil
- garden beds
- large containers or
- raised vegie beds
How much produce will you get from Silverbeet?
In ideal conditions, it can produce nearly year-round, and each plant provides many leaves over its lifetime.
Plants will often live for two years, making it a valuable garden addition.
How to harvest Silverbeet
- Harvest leaves from the outside of the plant
- cutting them near the soil surface
- wash thoroughly
- store them in a container in the fridge until ready to use
Silverbeet recipe ideas
- Some ways to make the most of this leafy green are to
- use the leaves as wraps in Lebanese vegetarian parcels
- baked in an Italian style egg and silverbeet pie
- in soups or as a crunchy ingredient
- in potato and chickpea fritters
- heaped with herbs to produce a Corsican pie
- a hot frittata or gozleme!
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