Vegetable Lettuce Seeds Page 2
Baby Lettuce Leaf & Romaine Lettuce
Lettuce
(Lactuca sativa)
Baby Leaf & Romaine| Butterhead,
Oak Leaf & Winter
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Continental |
Iceberg, Looseleaf |
Mixtures &
Collections | Lettuce Index
Lettuce Mixtures & Baby Lettuce
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Baby
Lettuce Mix
6 separate pkts Baby Leaf A complete collection of 6 new varieties especially bred for the bagged salad market, ideal for growing at home. 1 pkt of the following Exbury, Osterley, Dixter, Bridgemere, Wentworth and Ashbrook see below for description. To sow as a mix empty packet contents into container, mix well and sow up to approx 500 seeds per sq metre for baby leaf.
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Lettuce Mixture Salad leaf mixture Baby Leaf A custom mixture of lettuces in 1 packet, containing Parris Island, Rouge D'Hiver, Red Salad Bowl, Royal Oak and Green Salad Bowl Best sown thickly and clipped young for baby leaf. Sow every 2 weeks for a continuous supply of tender young lettuce leaves. Harvest in 3-5 weeks dependant on conditions, harvest with knife or scissors, plants will grow new leaves for later harvest. Ideal mixture to add young or mature leaves of endive, chicory, radicchio, mizuna, pac choi, tatsoi, mustard, (please see Oriental Veg) and the popular watercress
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Baby Lettuce seeds, new specially bred baby lettuce varieties with higher resistance to mildew. Sow or drill approximately 10mm deep and aim for approx 500 plants per sq metre, lowering the plant density will give a more intense colour in red lines and reduce mildew in less resistant varieties. Control irrigation to keep leaf wetness to a minimum and increase root growth. Harvest in approx 30 days.
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Lettuce Exbury Av 300 seeds Baby Leaf A red cos batavia type with intense red colouring in the leaf stem. Elongated teat drop shaped leaves with a serrated leaf margin. High mildew resistance.
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Lettuce Osterley Av 300 seeds Baby Leaf Dark green thick crunchy cos leaf in a tear drop shape, slightly blistered, plants have a upright habit. Excellent mildew resistance. £1.10 Add to basket
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Lettuce Dixter Av 300 seeds Baby Leaf A bronze red cos, colour intensifies under high light levels and cool nights. Elongated tear drop shaped leaves, blistered and waxy, with an upright habit. £1.10 Add to basket
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Lettuce Bridgemere Av 250 seeds Baby Leaf Fast growing bright green oak leaf variety with a good texture, taste and thick well lobed leaves. Good mildew resistance.
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Lettuce Wentworth Av 300 Seeds Baby Leaf Glossy thick bright green cos type leaves with a strongly serrated margin. Plants have a very upright growth habit with long stems- ideal for harvesting. Good mildew resistance. £1.10 Add to basket
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Romaine Lettuce
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Lettuce Rouge D Hiver
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Lettuce Sucrine Av 800 Seeds Semi-romaine type, slightly loose head with medium green leaves that are so sweet and crisp! Delicious taste. Very popular with European market growers and gardeners. £1.25 Add to basket
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Add any of the following to a lettuce
mix for a great salad, the same as you would buy from the supermarkets.
Excellent to add to the
salad bowl sow throughout the growing season and extend into winter by sowing
under glass.
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Corn Salad
- Lambs Lettuce
Annual Lambs Lettuce Ig pkt Av 350seeds Known also as lambs lettuce. Very slow growing. Leaves are used raw in salads and can be cropped all year from successional sowings and with some protection during winter in colder climates. £0.95 Add to basket
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Edible Leaf Carrot Daucus Carota var. sativa Av 1,000 seeds Edible carrot tops, something new to grow from seed for the salad bowl. An interesting, edible form of smooth leaf carrot.
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Av 750 seeds Lactuca sativa angustana Chinese Lettuce is grown mainly for the leaves and stem, the leaves can be used raw or cooked, having a slightly sweet flavour and more coarse than lettuce. Young leaves can be used in mixed salads. Stems used raw or cooked are crisp and juicy like lettuce, celery, artichoke or chard, best peeled before used, harvest stems prior to the plant flowering. prefers summer shade and well drained humus rich soils. A good companion plant for carrots, onions and strawberries. Sow seed March to June in situ thin to 30cm apart, best picked frequently. Sow when temperatures are below 20C £0.90 Add to basket
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Add watercress to baby lettuce leaf for an interesting salad, sow separate in a damp part of the garden.
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Watercress
Hardy perennial Medicinal and culinary herb. Rich in vitamin A, C, and D. Watercress has a spicy taste the leaves are added to salads. Can be cultivated in the garden or in pots or punnets must be kept very moist, pots or punnets can be stood in water, the water being changed daily. Outdoors broadcast sow spring when ground has warmed up onto shady moist soil, keep moist. Watercress is an excellent addition to mixed salad leaf for the salad bowl. Harvest June through to winter if crop is protected. £0.65 Small pkt 1,000 seeds
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Lettuce
Baby Leaf & Romaine| Butterhead,
Oak Leaf & Winter
| Cos |
Continental |
Iceberg, Looseleaf |
Mixtures &
Collections | Lettuce Index
The cultural
information should be used as a guide only, I have found a number of different
sowing techniques for the same seed from different sources there does not seem
to be a standard. With this in mind you should use this website as a guide only,
you probably already have a tried and tested way of sowing different seeds. As a
rule of thumb the larger the seed size the more cover it requires, and fine seed
like Lobelia Begonia etc requires no cover.
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