Description

Why go to the grocery store for pricey mesclun when it’s so easy to grow your own? This perfect blend of six leaf lettuce varieties has a beautiful range of leaf shapes, textures, and colors with mild flavor. Begin harvesting leaves in just 3 weeks! Cut back plants and they will re-grow. Easy to grow in containers. Varieties include: ‘Tango’ 15%, ‘Royal Oak Leaf’ 15%, ‘Red Salad Bowl’ 32%, ‘Black Seeded Simpson’ 15%, ‘Grand Rapids TBR’ 15%, ‘Red Sails’ 8%.

Botanical Name:Lactuca sativa

Days to Maturity:2145 days

Family:Asteraceae

Native:Unknown; lettuce has been in cultivation for a long time.

Hardiness:Frost-tolerant annuals

Plant Dimensions:Leaves are harvested at 4″6″ tall for mesclun.

Variety Information:ALL ARE LEAF LETTUCES: ‘TANGO’: Deep green, serrated leaves, mildly tangy. ‘ROYAL OAK LEAF’: Medium green, deeply lobed, oak leaf shaped leaves, mild flavor, slower to bolt. ‘RED SALAD BOWL’: Pretty, deeply lobed green and bronze/red leaves. ‘BLACK SEEDED SIMPSON’: Crinkled, light green, crisp leaves with frilly edges. ‘GRAND RAPIDS TBR’: Medium green, curled leaves with frilled edges. ‘RED SAILS’: Dark red, crinkled leaves with frilly edges, slower to bolt, an All-America Selections winner.

Attributes:Good for Containers

When to Sow Outside:RECOMMENDED. 2 to 4 weeks before your average last frost date, and when soil temperature is at least 40F, ideally 6070F.Successive Sowings:Every 3 weeks until 2 weeks before your average first fall frost date.Mild Climates: Sow in fall and winter for cool season harvests.

When to Start Inside:Transplanting is not recommended, although mesclun can be grown indoors on a sunny windowsill or under grow lights.

Days to Emerge:514 days

Seed Depth:Surface to “

Seed Spacing:Broadcast about ” apart

Thinning:Not required for baby greens

Harvesting:Harvest leaves with scissors 2″ above the soil surface. Mesclun will regrow and provide 23 harvests, although the first harvest is usually the best. If you wish to harvest mature heads, cut off at 2″ above ground level as soon as possible after head forms; new leaves will grow form the center. The earlier the harvest, the more tender the crop.

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