Dragon Mix

The 'Dragon Mix' Cut Salad Mix is a colourful, varied, and flavourful salad mix to be harvested from April to November. Tender and crunchy, this mix has spicy and zesty flavours, making it a great addition to any dish. Additionally, with its assortment of green, purple, and bronze leaves, it adds an aesthetic touch to plates. Low in calories, Asian salad can be enjoyed as young shoots or when fully matured. The seeds, sourced from organic farming, can be sown under cover in March-April and September-October, and directly in the ground from May to August.

Asian salad is a blend of five varieties of spicy Asian vegetables. Dragon Mix consists of finely cut red mustard with bronze foliage; cut-leaf mustard, a biennial plant with purple cut leaves; green mizuna, a Japanese cabbage with crispy leaves and a peppery taste; cultivated rocket with green, cut leaves and a strong, spicy flavor; and watercress, an annual plant with fast germination, pungent and aromatic leaves. This colourful and flavourful mix is appreciated for its wide range of tastes, and this little salad is usually harvested when it's a 'young plant' and can be enjoyed raw or cooked almost all year round.

Both time-pressed gardeners and food enthusiasts will appreciate these seed mixes, which allow for a cost-effective way to obtain a variety of flavours in a single sowing.

These salads are called 'cut' because they often have the ability to regrow after harvest, as long as the plant's base is not completely removed.

Cultivating these mixes is easy and space-saving, as they can be grown in planters on a balcony or in small spaces like square vegetable gardens.

Harvesting: These salad mixes can be harvested as needed, either when they are young or fully matured. Harvesting is done with a knife by taking the outer leaves of the plant.

Storage: Salad leaves can be stored for a few days in the refrigerator's vegetable drawer, but it's best to consume it freshly picked for maximum freshness.

Gardener's tip: Flea beetles, tiny beetles, are fond of rocket leaves, which are often part of salad mixes. They meticulously puncture the leaves during dry and hot weather. While spraying Tansy infusion can limit the damage, using insect nets from the moment of sowing remains the most effective method of control, avoiding the use of insecticides, which, even if of natural origin, can have consequences on the garden's balance.