Matures in 80–90 Days

A gourmet salad green often found in mesclun mixes, adding a sharper flavor. Usually grown as a salad green, but may also be cooked and served with sauce or grated cheese. Leaves are finely cut, rich green, blanching to creamy white near the center.

Sowing:

Plant seed outdoors as soon as the ground can be worked (seedlings are frost tolerant).
Rows 18 inches apart, spacing seeds 1 inch apart.
Cover with ¼ inch of fine soil, well pressed down.
Keep soil moist until seeds start to grow.
For continuous supply, repeat plantings weekly through mid-summer.
Thinning:

When plants are 2 to 3 inches tall, thin or transplant 12 inches apart.
Germination:

Germinates in 7 to 14 days depending on soil and weather conditions.
Remarks:

To blanch center leaves, tie outer leaves together 2–3 weeks before harvest.
Tastiest crops are harvested during cool fall weather.
Plant with lettuce and other greens to make your own mesclun mix.