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Lettuce Seeds - Description
- Pack of Mixed Leaves Seeds
- All Season Collection
- Lettuce Mixed Greens & More
- Cut & Come Again Selection
- Contains More Than Just Lettuce:
- All The Year Round
- Lollo Rossa
- Webbs Wonderful
- Winter Density
- For all Year Round
- Great Winter Salad
- Harvest: Cut & Come Again Crop
- Harvest After 10 / 12 Weeks
Lettuce Seeds - Sowing Instructions
- Start indoors from early Spring
- Suitable for year round sowing & harvesting
- If sowing outside, sow from April to September
- All The Year Round
- Reliable butter-head
- Sow March - July
- Harvest June - September
- Lollo Rossa
- Attractive red & green frilled leaves
- Sow March - July
- Harvest May - September
- Webbs Wonderful
- Large iceberg with crunchy hearts
- Sow May - July
- Harvest May - September
- Winter Density
- Enjoy fresh crisp lettuce in winter
- Sow March - September
- Harvest January - July
- See how to grow tab for full growing instructions
Lettuce Seeds - Uses
- Perfect in salads
- Mix with red lettuce, tomatoes & scallions
- Best if picked first thing in the morning
Lettuce Seeds - Advantages
- Big pack of seeds
- Easy to grow
- High in vitamins
- High in anti-oxidants
- Slow to bolt
- Can be grown under cover all year round
- Great flavour & texture
- Ideal for all types of gardeners
Index
- Sowing Instructions
- Thinning out
- How to Transplant
- Crop Maintenance
- How to Harvest
- Storage
- Pests & Diseases
Sowing Instructions
- Indoor grown seedlings & seedlings grown in seed beds will require transplanting later
- Transplant seedlings once they have developed the 4 /5 true leaves
- True leaves are the leaves which grow directly after the seed leaves
- Space seedlings in 15cm in rows. Space rows 20cm apart
- Soil: A rich soil is perfect for lettuce
- However lettuce also does well in average soil
- Doesn't like acidic soil. Keep ph below 6.5
- Well drained with plenty of humus is preferred
- The site should be open to full sunshine
- Suitable for raised beds or pots
Crop Maintenance
- Ensure seedlings are kept moist at all times
- Keep rows weeded
- Lettuce is known to bolt in hot weather - Best to avoid mid summer crops
Harvesting
- Water well the week before harvest
- Harvest as soon as lettuce heads are large enough
- Take lettuce heads early in the morning for optimum flavor and crispness
- Harvest is over when the central stem starts to form
Storage
- Lettuce will keep in the fridge for a few days
- Best to harvest lettuce when you need it, does not keep well
Pests & Diseases
- Pests: Slugs are the main cause of concern
- Damage: Slugs eat the leaves
- Bolting and scorching is quite common
- In damp conditions, the fungal disease grey mold can occur
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