30 days (salads), 41 days (cooking). The flat green leaves are sweet tender and very easy to clean. Ripens extra-early for salads. Lots of leaf, little stem. Burpee exclusive. Matures quickly. For first crop, sow in spring. Plant again in late summer. In mild winter areas, fall plantings yield in early spring. 300 seeds per packet unless noted; sows a 30' row. One ounce sows 100'. Sun/Partial Shade.