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'Fancy Summer Mix' is a colourful, whimsical Mesclun with a wide array of flavours: it includes Cress, Purslane, Scarlet Emperor Orach, Chamomile, Rocket, Spinach and Shungiku (Chopsuey Greens). Perfect for brightening up summer salads! Sow outdoors from March to September and harvest from May to October.
Mesclun, from the French Provençal word "mesclum" meaning "mixture", is made up of several different salad greens with a wide range of flavours. It usually includes at least five different varieties, such as Lettuce, Rocket, Lambs Lettuce etc. The leaves are generally picked when they are still young and tender. They can be harvested nearly all year round, raw or cooked.
Impatient gardeners and gourmets alike will love these seed mixes for the wonderful range of flavours they provide, at such little cost!
Harvest the young leaves as and when needed, making sure you leave enough on the plant for it to continue putting out new leaves. Use a knife to gently cut off the plants’ outer leaves.
These salad mixes are easy-to-grow and don't require much space to thrive. Why not try growing them in a planter on the edge of a balcony or in a square foot vegetable garden?
Mesclun can be stored for a few days in the vegetable compartment of the refrigerator, however it's best eaten fresh off the plant!
Useful tip: Flea beetles are partial to rocket leaves, which are often included in Mesclun mixes. They eat away at the leaves during dry and hot spells. Installing insect netting after sowing is the most effective way of controlling this problem, while avoiding the use of insecticides. Even homemade insecticides can have an impact on the garden's natural balance.
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Salad greens germinate at a temperature of about 16°C and usually takes around 10 days.
Sow under cover (cold frame, polytunnel, greenhouse) or directly outdoors from Autumn until late Spring.
In loose, well prepared soil, sow the seeds in rows, 4 cm apart, 1 cm deep and cover with soil. Leave about 35 cm between each row. When the seedlings are strong enough, thin them out by keeping one strong plant every 10 cm when harvesting at the “young leaf” stage, or one every 30 cm when harvesting at full maturity.
When growing in pots or square foot vegetable gardens, scatter the seeds lightly and thin out by keeping one strong plant every 10 cm.
Where to grow:
Salad greens are not very greedy vegetables, but they do require humus-rich soil or else they tend to bolt (go to seed) fairly quickly. Prevent this by raking a bit of well-rotted compost into the top 5 cm of the prepared seed bed in the autumn. They will do well in slightly acidic to neutral soils (PH between 5.5 and 7.5) that are kept moist. Remember to water regularly.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
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The flowering period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, etc.)
It will vary according to where you live:
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands).
It will vary according to where you live:
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.