Matures in: 80 to 90 days

Description:
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).
Keep rows 18 inches apart, spacing seeds 1 inch apart.
Cover with 1/4inch 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 to 3 weeks before harvest.
Tastiest crops are harvested during cool fall weather.
Plant with lettuce and other greens to make your own mesclun mix.