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Mesclun - Vilmorin Seeds

Lactuca Mix 3
Mesclun, Loose leaf lettuce, Salad greens

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Mixture composed of lettuces (Blonde Oak Leaf 20%, Red Salad Bowl 20%), chicories (frisée 15%, Scarole 15%, wild 10%), chervil (15%) and rocket (5%). Sowings should be staggered from January to July for a harvest from April to October. This mixture will allow you to create beautiful, very colorful composed salads.
Ease of cultivation
Beginner
Height at maturity
15 cm
Spread at maturity
15 cm
Soil moisture
Damp soil
Germination time (days)
10 days
Sowing method
Direct sowing, Sowing under cover
Sowing period January to July
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Description

Mesclun is a mixture composed of lettuces (Blonde Oak Leaf 20%, Red Salad Bowl 20%), chicories (frisée 15%, Scarole 15%, wild 10%), chervil (15%), and rocket (5%). Sowings should be staggered from January to July for a harvest from April to October. This mixture will allow you to create beautiful, colorful composed salads.

 

Mesclun, from the Provençal word « mesclum » which means mixture, is a salad composed of different varieties, at least five for purists. Highly appreciated for its wide range of flavors, this small salad is generally harvested at the « young plant » stage and can be consumed raw or even cooked throughout the year.

Busy gardeners will appreciate these seed mixtures as much as gourmets, as they allow for a variety of flavors with minimal cost and just one sowing.

These salads are called « cut and come again » because they generally have the ability to regrow after harvest, as long as the plant is not completely harvested.

Cultivating these mixtures is easy and space-saving, as they can usually be grown in containers on a balcony or in restricted spaces like square foot gardens.

Harvest: these salad mixtures can be harvested as needed, either at the juvenile stage or at maturity. Harvesting is done with a knife by picking the leaves on the outer edges of the plant.

Storage: Mesclun can be stored for a few days in the vegetable drawer of the refrigerator, but whenever possible, consume it freshly picked to enjoy its full freshness.


Gardener's tip: Flea beetles, tiny beetles, are fond of Rocket leaves, which are often part of Mesclun mixtures. They meticulously puncture the leaves during dry and hot weather. While spraying tansy infusion can limit the damage, installing insect-proof netting from the moment of sowing remains the most effective method of control, while avoiding the use of insecticides, which even if of natural origin, can have consequences on the garden's balance.

Harvest

Harvest time April to October
Type of vegetable Leaf vegetable
Size of vegetable Medium
Interest Flavour, Colour
Use Cooking

Plant habit

Height at maturity 15 cm
Spread at maturity 15 cm
Growth rate normal

Foliage

Foliage persistence Deciduous
Foliage colour variegated

Botanical data

Genus

Lactuca

Cultivar

Mix 3

Other common names

Mesclun, Loose leaf lettuce, Salad greens

Origin

Cultivar or hybrid

Annual / Perennial

Annual

Product reference27731

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Planting and care

Sowing:

Germination occurs at a temperature of around 16°C and takes an average of 10 days.

Sowing is done from January to July in full sun or partial shade, in moist, fertile and well-prepared soil.

Directly in open ground in summer or under cover (cold greenhouse, Nantes tunnel, frame) from autumn to late spring, create furrows one centimeter deep, spaced 35 cm apart, and sow in rows by placing one seed every 3-4 centimeters. When the plants are large enough to handle, thin them out, keeping only one plant every 10 cm for harvesting as "young shoots" or every 30 cm for mature harvest.

This mix can also be grown in pots or small spaces such as square vegetable gardens, in which case sow evenly and thin out, keeping only one plant every 10 cm.

In order to have these lettuces throughout the year or almost, consider spreading out your sowings over time.

Cultivation:

These small lettuces are not very demanding but still require humus-rich soil. It is advisable to apply a moderate amount of mature compost in autumn, by digging it in to a depth of 5 cm, after having thoroughly loosened the soil, as is done for all vegetable crops.

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Seedlings

Sowing period January to July
Sowing method Direct sowing, Sowing under cover
Germination time (days) 10 days

Care

Soil moisture Wet
Disease resistance Good
Pruning No pruning necessary

Intended location

Type of use Vegetable garden
Hardiness Hardy down to -29°C (USDA zone 5) Show map
Ease of cultivation Beginner
Exposure Sun, Partial shade
Soil pH Any
Soil type Silty-loamy (rich and light), 192

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