Micro Greens Micro Salads - Seeds to grow Microgreens

Micro Greens or Micro Salad Leaf

Micro greens and Baby Leaf Herbs are packed full of flavour and nutrient rich, use them in salads, garnishes and adding flavour to dishes. Used by top chefs Gourmet salad greens are easy to grow at home, but require good hygiene from sowing to harvesting. All you require is good compost/vermiculite (preffered), clean shallow trays, seed trays or punnets. They can be sown similar to mustard and cress mix, or sow them in vermiculite and place on a warm windowsill or greenhouse in good light. Harvest by cutting shoots close to growing medium surface when the first leaves have just opened, approx 1-2 weeks after sowing depending on time of year. They can be sown throughout the year. Seeds can be mixed for interesting micro mix salads. Also try growing sprouting seeds, baby leaf, baby leaf herbs and Oriental vegetables for microgreens. Baby Leaf Herbs add great flavours to baby lettuce leaf salad mixes.

List of some of the many varieties for Micro Greens, Gourmet Salad Greens, Baby Leaf Herbs

Basil - Micro Greens & Baby Leaf Herbs - Thai, Basil Purple, Sweet and Lemon work well
Bulls Blood Beet - Micro Greens
Broccoli - Micro Greens
Cabbage - Tokyo Bekana - Micro Greens
Cabbage - Red - Micro Greens
Celery Leaf - Micro Greens & Baby Leaf Herbs
Chevril - Micro Greens & Baby Leaf Herbs
Chives - Micro Greens & Baby Leaf Herbs
Chinese Water Pepper - Micro Greens
Coriander - Micro Greens & Baby Leaf Herbs
Fennel - Micro Greens
Fenugreek - Micro Greens
Greek Cress - Micro Greens
Kale - Micro Greens
Lemon balm - Ideal with fruit, Baby Leaf Herb
Mizuna - Micro Greens
Mustard - Red Micro Greens
Rocket - Micro Greens & Baby Leaf Herbs
Purple Radish - Daikon & China Rose Micro Greens
Sage - Baby Leaf Herb
Salad Burnet - Baby Leaf Herb
Sorrel - Baby Leaf Herb
Summer Savory - Micro Greens & Baby Leaf Herbs
Spilanthes - Micro Greens
Swiss Chard - Bright Lights
Tatsoi - Micro Greens
Watercress - Micro Greens Baby Leaf

We have listed some of the best varieties for micro greens and baby leaf herbs, but it is a matter of preference to which variety you prefer.

The cultural information should be used as a guide only, I have found a number of different sowing techniques for the same seed from different sources there does not seem to be a standard. With this in mind you should use this website as a guide only, you probably already have a tried and tested way of sowing different seeds. As a rule of thumb the larger the seed size the more cover it requires, and fine seed like Lobelia, Begonia etc requires no cover.