Growing Silverbeet, also Swiss Chard or Mangold

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01 Apr 10 nicolau8 (Australia - temperate climate)
i am growing silverbeet and have enough to feed a family of 4.its been sometime now with this problem the leaves in the center strat to get dark green and curl around followed buy the stem going red,the outer leaves are fine i pick the four and thats it .within 2wks the plant has remained small and dies.
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