Thses are four of our favourite summer salads to grow and enjoy.
Cucumber Crystal Apple
A heritage variety originated from Australia in the early 1900s. Crops prolifically if the large golf ball sized fruits are picked regularly. The crisp, tender flesh has a sweet flavour with no bitter after taste.
This outdoor variety is best grown against a support or it can be left to trail on the ground if preferred.
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Cucumber Long White
The firm flesh is sweet and juicy, with a pleasant tang that adds flavour to salads without a bitter after taste. The tender, white skins are so thin that they don't need peeling.
A good cropper when trained against supports in the greenhouse.
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Colourfully Mild Mix - Kew Collection Seeds
A fast-growing salad leaf mix, colourful and mild tasting, ideal for sowing in containers outside throughout the summer and inside on a windowsill during the winter.
A 'Cut 'n' Come Again' mix ready to cut from 25 days in summer and 50 days during winter.
Mix contains Red Mizuna, Broad Leaf Mizuna, Golden Yellow Pak Choy and Komatsuna.
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Salad Leaves Cut 'n' Come Again- Kew Collection Seeds
A quick growing salad leaf mixture, ideal for sowing in containers outdoors throughout the summer, and indoors on a windowsill during the winter.
Ready to cut from 25 days in summer and 50 days during winter.
Mix contains Mizuna, Salad Rocket, Red Mustard, Pak Choi, Red Russian Kale and Golden Yellow Chinese Cabbage.
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All varieties shown are available from Thompson & Morgan
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