Gourmet Baby Greens Mesclun Lettuce is a carefully curated blend of tender young leaves bred to deliver complex flavor in a single handful. Ready to harvest in as little as 21 days, this organic heirloom cultivar thrives in cool seasons and grows best with partial sun and consistently moist, slightly acidic soil. Its frost tolerance makes it exceptional for shoulder-season gardening, allowing you to extend your salad harvests well beyond summer's heat.
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This mesclun blend captures the essence of what makes salad greens exciting: a mix of textures and subtle flavors that develop remarkably fast. From seed to baby leaf stage in under four weeks, it rewards patient succession planting with continuous harvests. The frost tolerance lets you sow in early spring and again in late summer for cool-season productivity that many greens simply cannot match.
Gourmet Baby Greens Mesclun is a salad green at heart, meant to be harvested young and tender as part of mixed leaf salads. The blend of varieties in this mesclun delivers complexity that single-variety greens cannot achieve alone, making it the choice for gardeners who want restaurant-quality salads from their own beds.
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While transplanting is not recommended for mesclun, you can start seeds indoors on a sunny windowsill or under grow lights if you prefer. Keep temperatures between 60, 70°F for best germination. Sow at a depth of surface to 1/8 inch.
Direct sow outside 2 to 4 weeks before your average last frost date when soil temperature is at least 40°F, ideally 60, 70°F. Sow seeds at a depth of surface to 1/8 inch. For continuous harvests, sow every 3 weeks until 4 to 6 weeks before your average first fall frost date. In mild climates, sow in fall and winter for cool season harvests.
Begin harvesting when leaves reach baby green stage, typically 21 to 58 days after sowing depending on conditions and how mature you allow them to grow. Pick outer leaves first to encourage continued production, or cut the entire plant just above soil level for a single full harvest. Baby leaves are most tender and flavorful when harvested young in cool weather.
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