These are crop grown especially for salads and those which , although worthy for other function , may also be lend to the salad bowling ball . You should create your own salad recipe of plants .
Lettuceis the origination of most salads and the nurseryman may take his option from the many butterheads , crispheads , cos and at large leaf varieties . May Queen ’ is like for late spring and early summer lettuces . ‘ Unrivalled ’ is often chosen for successional sowings between other April and August . The three unexampled Dutch ‘ IC ’ variety are worth consideration for greenhouse oeuvre . advanced cos sort do not need splice but a affiliation encourages the constitution of a fast heart . The leaves of loose leaf flora are pull as and when required but no industrial plant should be stripped . American varieties such as ‘ Great Lakes ’ , Buttercrunch ’ and ‘ Salad Bowl ’ are considered to be more tolerant of drier summertime condition than many other sorts . As with so many other vegetables , early thinning of the seedlings is very important .
Endiveoften replaces lettuces in fall and early wintertime salads . Seeds are sown in June , the seedling thin in July and blanching lead off in October . The head must be quite dry when pale is started and sheer darkness is very essential . After being blanch , endive must be used at once before rotting begins .
The easiest form ofceleryto grow is ‘ American Green ’ . Plants are raise from a sowing made in heat in late March and the plant , after being hardened off in the cold bod , are arrange out on the flat in former June . Apart from weeding and watering , no cultivation is necessary . Self - blanching Apium graveolens dulce is often grown as a summertime skeleton crop . For late fall and winter supplies , blanched celery is maturate . The plants , before blanching , may be green , pink or ruby . All forms of cultivated celery need a rich bottom a great deal of water .
Celeriaccan interchange Apium graveolens dulce in wintertime salads . Plants raised in heat and hardened off are set up out of doors on a productive bed between mid - May and early June . The plants need as much water as celery , and the solution are lifted and stored in October . Celeriac should be grated for salad use .
Chicoryhas the feel of the heart of a cos lettuce and the crisp quality of celery . Sow in June and dig the roots in November . Store them in a oceanic abyss and blanch batches on and off during the wintertime . In a heated nursery , blanched chicons are quick for cutting within a calendar month of plant the roots .
There are two kinds ofcucumber — the hardy outdoor and the English frame eccentric . In the south , hardy European , American and Asian assortment may be grown on the flat or on tall trellises . In the north , cloche or frame protection is advisable . A good , all pear-shaped mixture to choose is ` Burpee F1 Hybrid ’ . In the south , ‘ Conqueror ’ and ‘ Telegraph ’ do well in the inhuman greenhouse and in the cold build . In other areas , plants of both mixture ask some artificial warmth . The distaff flowers of audacious outdoor kinds must be pollenate . With frame - eccentric cucumber vine plant life , all male blossom are pinched off to prevent the fruits from being misshapen and bitter .
Mustardandcressis a welcome summation to winter and early spring salads . The seeds are sown in trays or weed filled with seed compost . Germination take place in a dark , warm spot . The clean stem and yellow leaves alter semblance when the receptacle are brought into the luminosity for a day or two . Sowings should be made on and off for sequence between October and March .
Although term ‘ spring onions ’ , plants of the onion change ‘ White Lisbon ’ are seldom ready for use until May . Sow in August and give cloche security in cold orbit . A further sowing may be made in March or April for summer supplies . bug out perpetrate the onions when they are quite small . The larger the bulb , the hotter they become in flavor . other spring supplies of salad onion are also obtained by growing the Welsh Allium cepa . The relish is very mild . Cocktail - sized Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree onions may also be used in salads . The onions are very strong in flavour and it is sufficient to slice one or two over a salad .
Beetrootis boiled before use . summertime supplies are obtained by sowing a globe variety show under cloche in late March or in the open between mid - April and other May . An medium or long miscellanea should be sow in May for winter storing . carrot are grated for salads and maincrop motley are suitable . Otherwise thinning may be used whole .
For crops of radishes between May and October , successional sowings of ‘ French Breakfast ’ , ‘ Icicle ’ or other quick - growing varieties should be made from Marchuntil August . For use in belated autumn and winter salads , large - steady down sort such as ‘ All time of year ’ , ‘ China Rose ’ and ` Black Spanish ’ are grown from a June sowing . These radish plant have a very delicate tang when sliced very lightly or grated .
Tomatoesmay be grown in het and frigid nursery , under cloches , or in the open . ` Ailsa Craig ’ is reputed to be the finest season sort and ‘ Outdoor Girl ’ is a newer , hardy variety for cloche or outside maturation . For a difference in the salad bowl , yellow tomatoes are suggest . ‘ Golden Boy ’ is a vauntingly - fruited variety of splendid flavor . ‘ Yellow Pear ’ and ‘ Yellow Plum ’ are little ornamental and ‘ Golden Amateur ’ is a self - contain bush plant .
Other paint a picture additions to the salad stadium are the shredded leaves of whitecabbageand of Chinese chou , ‘ Fir Apple Pink ’ salad spud , chopped chives , leaves of nasturtium , Tropaeolum majus , sorrel , tarragon , fennel , pods of the Bavarian radish and mint orgarlicin very belittled measure .
