Salad Leaves - Frilly Mix

This enticing blend of salad leaves brings together colour, texture and flavour for year-round harvesting. Mizuna gives the mixture colour and texture with its jagged leaves, while the mustards, rocket and Greek cress add a spicy, peppery flavour! Ideal for salads, sandwiches and garnishes, grow Salad Leaves 'Frilly Mixed' in the vegetable plot, containers or on a windowsill indoors. Height and spread: 15cm (6").

Sowing

Direct sow salad leaves outdoors in summer or in an unheated greenhouse during the autumn and winter months. Grow salad leaves in well prepared, fertile, moist soil in sun or semi shade. Sow seeds thinly at a depth of 1cm (½") in drills 38cm (15") apart in soil which has been raked to a fine tilth. When large enough to handle, thin out seedlings to 10cm (4") apart for baby leaves or to 30cm (12") for mature plants.

More Info

Water salad leaves regularly, and hoe between plants to prevent weeds from establishing. Dry weather may cause plants to bolt so watering is particularly critical during the 2 weeks before harvesting. A thick mulch applied around the plants will help to retain moisture in the soil. Harvest baby salad leaves when required by picking a few leaves from each plant. Mature plants can be harvested by pulling up the entire plant before trimming off the stem with a knife.