lettuce mixed pack
lettuce - mixed
- Position: full sun
- Soil: humus-rich, moisture retentive soil
- Rate of growth: average
- Hardiness: tender
Tasty early spring salads can be made from this lettuce selection. It contains a mixture of the best 13 varieties of lettuce chosen for their flavour and early cropping. - Growing Instructions
Sow inside - January to March under cover in cloches or mini polytunnels
Sow outside - March to September.
Can be grown in pots or directly sow the seeds thinly in lines or blocks straight into the ground.
Stagger the sowing every 6 weeks, they grow back after cutting and could also be sown where you have a gap in the garden for a quick crop.
Harvest - May to November
leaf beet 'Rainbow Chard'
rainbow chard
Vibrantly coloured, edible stems
rocket 'Salad'
salad rocket
Delicious peppery leaves
lettuce 'Winter Density'
lettuce (semi-cos)
Tasty and solid, dark green hearts
chicory 'Catalogna Gigante di Chioggia'
chicory
Upright chicory with long 'serrated' leaves from near Venice with white ribs.
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