Wednesday, 7 April 2010

Salad Table Month one

Over the weekend, I set up my first salad table of 2010. Using the principles of interplanting, I planted the crops very close together. I will harvest these as baby leaves and as cut-and-come again leaves. N.B. All this is a container that is about 18 inches by 36 inches (I will measure it later!) I placed six markers to orient myself and here's what I planted:

At each marker:
* 6 rows of Radish Saxa 2, ready in 3 to 6 weeks

Between markers
* 4 rows of Lettuce Salad Bowl, ready in 6-8 weeks
* 3 rows of rocket, ready in 5.5 weeks

In the radish rows, because the radishes will be removed before these get large...

* 2 rows of Pak Choi Red, ready in about 6.5 weeks
* 2 rows of Chinese Cabbage Spectrum, ready in about 10 weeks
* 2 rows of Swiss Chard Bright Lights, ready in about 12 weeks (baby leaves earlier)

So six different seeds planted in the same small space. Should be fun watching it grow.

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