Spring Greens?

[godfreyrob]

One of my favourite veg is spring greens. However, I have never seen a packet of seeds that says 'Spring Greens' on it.
Are there some specific varieties out there that you can grow?

[red]

you have to look at the packets and choose one that overwinters - often they can be sown in spring for a summer crop too. I think you have missed the moment tho.. as it would be August - September sowing for spring greens... but might well be worth looking at market stalls, and garden centres for little plants.

Suttons do a variety called April. cant tell you if its any good - cos the slugs had all my seedlings...

[Millymollymandy]

That's yet another veg you can't get in France!

[lizzymahoney]

I'm in Florida. If we say spring greens it's a blend. It could have mustard, savory, cress, beet tops, turnip tops, radish tops, spinach and dandelion in it.

I'd suggest you identify just what it is you like about what you call spring greens and then select a packet accordingly. So radish tops would be peppery, mustard tops have a different tang, spinach is mild, etc.

[red]

well as far as I go, spring greens are those pointy cabbages you get in spring. They used to turn up in the veg box week after week (when we had a box) and the best way to have them is shredded and stir fried with lots of garlic ginger and soy sauce. yum!

[yugogypsy]

Here at our place in Canada, I start a Chinese stir-fry blend, or mizuna and mixed leaf letttuce. You've definitely got to keep your cold frame or growing bed slug proofed though.

And if you let them grow big, they'll feed your chooks and provide you with some seeds for next year.

Lois

[godfreyrob]

I went out and got some Durham Early and Hispi seeds yesterday, they can both be sown autumn and I will sow a few this week in a cold greenhouse - just to see how they get on. Hispi looks more like the traditional spring green cabbage with that loose open structure.
My favourite way to cook them is just to wash and shred them coarsly and steam in their own juice with a knob of butter.

[Peggy Sue]

I grew Hispi this year, they are more the pointy type of cabbage. I also grew turnip greens from the Real Seed company and these are just like what I call spring greens- dark green strong flavour open leaves.
They were dead easy and didn't suffer with slugs as bad as some, but you have to love that flavour as they really are strong!