Bright Lights
Variety
Bright Lights
Approved Data
created by Marielena 🌱 at 10.07.2019
Seed packet
Features
Color
light green / pale green
White stem and leaf ribs
Stem and leaf veins red
Stamm, Stiel: purpur
Blätter: dunkelgrün
Stamm, Stiel: gelb
Stamm, Stiel: orange
brown
light brown
glossy
Flower: creamy-white
creamy-yellow
netted
Blattrippen: rot
Blattrippen: weiĂź
Wurzel: cremeweiĂź
Wurzel: gelb
Blattrippen: gelb
Blattrippen: violett
Blattrippen: orange
Wurzel: beige
Wurzelfleisch: weiĂź
Wurzelfleisch: creme
Taste
mild
aromatic
nutty
sweetish
Slightly bitter
Slightly spicy
intensive
crunchy
Slightly savory
raw edible
Edible
tender
Earthy
Essbarkeit: Blätter
Essbarkeit: Stiel
Toxizität: ungiftig
Konsistenz: weich
Konsistenz: fest
Resistances
cold tolerant
resistant
robust
hardy with protection
Fruit shape
irregular
small
Typ: Zerfallsfrucht - Klausen
Oberfläche: hart
Growth habit
large leaves
leaves: slightly wavy
Blätter: eiförmig
Blätter: weich/zart
Blätter: oval
Blätter: länglich
Blätter: gekräuselt
Blätter: blasig
Stamm, Stiel: fleischig
Stamm, Stiel: gerillt
Stamm, Stiel: oval
Cultivation Break
3 Years
Season Overview
Propagating
Planting
Harvest
Harvest
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2ND YEAR
Description
Colorful leaf chard that can withstand double-digit subzero temperatures. It can be well overwintered by cutting it about 5 cm/2 in above the ground after the last harvest and cover. The stems shine in red, orange, pink, yellow and white. The leaves also vary in different shades of green to green-red. This attractive play of colors accents both vegetable and flower beds. High yielding. Also found as F1 hybrid by certain producers. Use like spinach.
Non hybrid
Frostproof
Growing tips
Does not need to be pre-pulled. Germination after 10-14 days at 15-20°C/59-68°F. Tolerate moderate frost. In case of heavy frost, cover with fleece or similar. Separate if necessary. Harvest leaves from outside, grow back.
Details
Light requirement
Semi-shaded
Water requirement
Moist
Soil
Medium (loamy)
Nutrient requirement
Medium
Dark germinator
Germination temperature
15 - 20 °C (Degrees Celsius)
Plant distance
35 cm
Row spacing
45 cm
Seeding depth
1 cm
Companion Plants
Abyssinian cabbage / Ethiopian mustard
Apple
Apricot
Aubergine / Eggplant
Basil
Bean ((Scarlet) runner bean)
Bean (Broad bean / Faba bean / Field bean)
Bean (Dwarf bean)
Bean (Hyacinth bean / Lablab-bean)
Bean (Lima Bean)
Bean (Runner bean)
Borage
Broccoli
Broccoli raab / Stem cabbage / Cima di rapa
Brussels sprouts
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage (Cabbage)
Cabbage (Pointed cabbage)
Cabbage (red cabbage)
Cabbage (Savoy cabbage)
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celery (Celeriac / Celery root)
Celery (Celery)
Celery (Leaf celery / Chinese celery)
Chili
Chinese kale - Kai-lan / Chinese broccoli
Chives
Collard greens
Collard greens (Kale)
Collard greens (Tuscan kale / Dinosaur kale / Palm tree kale)
Common marigold
Courgette / Zucchini
Cucumber (African horned cucumber / Kiwano)
Cucumber (Caigua)
Cucumber (Melothria)
Cucumber / Gherkin
Currant
Dill
Funk
Garden squash - Patisson / UFO squash
Garlic
Garlic chives
Gooseberry
Hair cucumbers / snake gourds
Hazelnut
Kohlrabi / German turnip / Turnip cabbage
Leeks
Lettuce (Common chicory)
Lettuce (Endive / Escarole / Erisée)
Lettuce (Lamb's lettuce)
Lettuce (Lettuce)
Lettuce (Oriental greens / Brown mustard)
Lettuce (Puntarelle / Cicoria di catalogna / Cicoria asparago)
Lettuce (Radicchio / Italian chicory)
Lettuce (Sugar loaf)
Melon (Sugar melon)
Melon (Watermelon)
Mizuna / Japanese mustard greens
Napa cabbage / Chinese cabbage
Nasturtium
Nightshades (Other)
Okra
Onion
Onion (Spring onion)
Ornamental pumpkin
Pak Choi
Parsley
Parsnip
Pea
Peach
Pear
Pepper / Paprika
Plum
Pomegranate
Pumpkin / Squash
Radish
Radishes
Rapeseed
Rapeseed - Sheer cabbage / Siberian cabbage
Rapini / Broccoli rabe
Raspberry
Root parsley
Rutabaga / Swedish turnip
Savory
Sea buckthorn
Sour cherry / Tart cherry
Soybean
Sponge gourd / Egyptian cucumber / Vietnamese luffa
Sunflower
Tagetes / Marigolds
Tomato (Bush tomato)
Tomato (Cocktail bush tomato)
Tomato (Cocktail Stake Tomato)
Tomato (Stake tomato)
Turnip
Turnip greens - Choy Sum / Chinese flowering cabbage
Turnip greens - Mizuna
Turnip greens - Tatsoi
Turnips - Oilseed turnips
Turnips - Wild turnips
Vegetable cabbage - Forage cabbage
Vegetable cabbage - Ribbed cabbage / Portuguese cabbage
Vegetable cabbage - wild cabbage / ancient cabbage
Wild Cherry / Bird Cherry / Sweet Cherry
Wild garlic
Yalta tomatoes
Antagonistic Plants
Beetroot
Blackberry / Brambles
Chard
Coneflower (Echinacea)
Elderberry
Green lavender cotton
Jerusalem artichoke / Topinambur
Larkspur
Lavender
Lovage
Maples
Mint
Oregano
Phlox, flame flower
Potato
Rosemary
Rudbeckia (Coneflower / Black-eyed-susans)
Sage
Spinach (Summer)
Spinach (Winter)
Spruce trees
Stem herbs
Thyme
Walnut family
Diseases
Root Rot
Septoria
Angular leaf spot of cucumber
Powdery mildews
Downy mildew
Pests
Land snails
Thrips
Flea beetles
Beet fly
Aphids
Wireworms
