Simply Salad City Garden Mix Gourmet is a vibrant lettuce blend cultivar that brings restaurant-quality salad mixes directly to your garden. This Asteraceae family member thrives across hardiness zones 2-11, making it accessible to nearly every North American gardener. Ready to harvest in just 30-40 days, it combines colorful varieties of lettuce, chicory, arugula, and curly endive in a single sowing, offering both visual appeal and diverse flavors for the daily table.
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The genius of this blend lies in its mixed-variety approach: rather than growing a single lettuce type, you harvest a kaleidoscope of greens with different textures, colors, and subtle flavor variations all at once. Direct seeding every 2-3 weeks into a 4x4 foot bed ensures a continuous supply throughout the season. The cut-and-come-again harvest method keeps plants producing fresh growth for weeks, extending your harvest window far beyond that initial 30-40 day window.
This blend is designed for fresh salads where the combination of lettuce, chicory, arugula, and curly endive creates complexity in a single harvest. The mixed greens work beautifully in composed salads, simple vinaigrette preparations, or as a foundational green for more elaborate dishes. The variety of textures and flavors within one mix makes it especially suited to gardeners who want salad-bowl diversity without managing multiple plantings.
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Direct seed into a prepared 4x4 foot bed every 2-3 weeks for continuous harvest. Sow at soil temperatures between 60-70°F for best germination. Space seeds 1 inch apart in rows 16 inches apart.
Use the cut-and-come-again method for maximum productivity: cut greens about 2 inches above the ground without damaging the growing point, and plants will send up fresh new growth for repeated harvests. Individual leaves can also be picked as needed. Plan for first harvest around 30-40 days after sowing. All greens eventually become bitter as plants begin to bolt, particularly in heat, so harvest regularly while leaves remain tender and sweet.
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