SALAD PEPPERY SWEET

Beta vulgaris, Brassica junea, Rumex sanguineus

Salad Peppery Sweet is an attractive and flavoursome mix of peppery red mustard, sweet baby beetroot and mild lemony red veined sorrel leaves that may be harvested when young and tender to create a colourful baby leaf salad. Mature leaves may be used in stir fries and stews.

• Growing Tip: Plant in well-drained, friable soil. Keep moist in dry weather. Protect from snails.
• Position: Full sun
• Height / Spacing: 10-15cm apart for baby leaves, 45cm apart for mature leaves.
• Lifespan: Annual
• Harvest: Harvest: 3-6 weeks for baby leaves. Beetroot tubers harvestable in 8-10 weeks
• Planting Time: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
• Range: Code B Punnet