Grow your own organic salad leaves

Fresh, crisp, nutritious organic salad straight from my garden. (wild rocket, cos, lollo rossa, tomatoes)


Grow your own succulent salad leaves that you can snip off for a healthy salad packed with nutrients.

All you need is a window box or pots, organic seeds and compost. Look for a sunny space around the house/flat; window, patio, terrace, courtyard,... The best kind of leaves to grow are cut-and-come-again varieties (cos, lollo rossa, butterhead). You can eat them when the plants are about 10cm high, and they will re-sprout and you can cut them again a few weeks later.

How to grow

1. use rectangular planter pots for 3-4 plants(at least 50cm long x 16cm wide x 18cm high) or round pots for single plant, with drainage holes and put it in a sunny & slightly shaded spot
2. put a layer of pebbles on the bottom of the planter and fill it with organic compost
3. moisten the compost and sow seeds 10cm apart and covering lightly with compost, germination should take place 3-4 days later
4. water them in the morning and evening
5. once they are 10cm high, you can cut the leaves

Where to get them

• Organic MIXED LETTUCES seeds (GBP1.47) from The Organic Gardening Catalogue http://www.organiccatalogue.com/catalog/index.php  
• New Horizon organic peat free compost from Goodwood Florist, 565 Thomson Road, Singapore
• Pots, pebbles and garden tools from Goodwood Florist or Daiso (the $2 store)