Planting Lettuce

Home grown lettuce really does have that wonderful taste and crunch you rarely get when buying , its easy to grow if you follow these steps and you can have fresh salad 365 days a year with the right mix of varieties

 

The ones I grow to give me a constant supply areWinter   Meraviglia d’Inverno san martino   Wonderful cool season lettuce for eating through the cooler months                     Sow    Sept-March

Spring/Summer/Autumn

Red (Rouge) Grenoble                             Sow     Feb-Sept

Ciucca    Great for cooler areas        Sow     Jan-march                                                                                                Sept-Oct

Rossa of Trento                                         Sow     April-Sept

Lolla  Rosso                                                 Sow      March-Oct

Black seeded Simpson                          Sow      Feb-June                                                                                                                      Aug-Sept

If your direct sowing always water the drill first and sow in the cool of the evening

 

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