28 May 2025
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A fresh supply of organic salad crops, microgreens and pea shoots is possible throughout the growing months in even the smallest space explains Chris Collins, Garden Organic’s Head of Horticulture
While it might seem well-situated to pop to the shop for a vacuum - pack bag of salad , this ca n’t match the taste of homegrown – and you ’ve no idea where or how they ’ve been grown . Sowing your own cum need just a petty drive but will salve you money .
My favourite way to sow a ‘ salad bar ’ is in a manger on my balcony . I ’ll sow in in Mandrillus leucophaeus marked with a garden credit line . My go - to craw are bound onion , cut of meat - and - come again salad leave of absence , wild rocket , spinach and mustard . harvest youthful , unfounded rocket adds an awe-inspiring peppery flavour to sandwich .
In my big trough ( 50x30x30cm/19x11x11ins ) filled with adorable peat - free compost , I sow 20 centimetre ( 8 in ) aside and crop when the plants are slightly self-aggrandising than microgreens . If you need more mature flora , you may space your drills and seeds more widely .
repetition sowings are the tonality to maintain a unvarying fresh supply . pass on a wide enough gap between each drill , which allows you to entomb - sow in another quarrel in between a few calendar week after . Always sieve your compost over the top of the seeds and softly tamp down down to ensure the perfect seed bottom . A tearing can with the rose turned upwards guarantees a finer cascade that will soak but not disturb .
Inter - sowing like this all summer , across different pots and container , means when the first crop is quick a 2d is already on the way – and I can roost assured my salad sports stadium will always be full .
Question and Answer
Q. What other salad crops are fast grow ?
A. Radish and rainbow chard are luscious micro - crops and look pretty enough to be added among your flowers or to fulfil gap in hanging baskets .
Q. Are there any inheritance form that are respectable for pots
A. These varieties add extra relish and interest to your planters – and you ’re also aid accompaniment seed that might otherwise disappear . Lettuce ‘ Tennis Ball ’ and Mustard ‘ Guptas Indian ’ are my favourites . You could also judge Chop Suey Greens ’ ‘ Yings Shungiku ’ or lettuce ‘ Black Seeded Samara ’ .
Q. I do n’t own any containers , what can I grow my salad in ?
A. Salad crops are shallow frozen and prompt growing so they can be get near anywhere . You do n’t ask to fork out on expensive trough or toilet – a large shopping handbag will do , or you could reprocess yield punnets , gravid milk bottle or even an old colander .
