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Salad Leaves Fancy Summer Mix - Mesclun

Lactuca Fancy Summer Mix
Mesclun, Loose leaf lettuce, Salad greens

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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.
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 March to September
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Description

'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.

Harvest

Harvest time May to October
Type of vegetable Leaf vegetable
Size of vegetable Medium
Interest Flavour, Colour

Plant habit

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

Foliage

Foliage persistence Deciduous
Foliage colour medium green

Botanical data

Genus

Lactuca

Cultivar

Fancy Summer Mix

Other common names

Mesclun, Loose leaf lettuce, Salad greens

Origin

Cultivar or hybrid

Annual / Perennial

Annual

Product reference25091

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Planting and care

Sowing:

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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Seedlings

Sowing period March to September
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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