Vegetable Lettuce Seeds Page 3
Cos Lettuce
Lettuce
(Lactuca sativa)
Baby Leaf & Romaine| Butterhead,
Oak Leaf & Winter
| Cos |
Continental |
Iceberg, Looseleaf |
Mixtures &
Collections | Lettuce Index
Start sowing
early spring and successional sowings until mid summer. Sow as thinly as
possible in rows 30cm apart, thin out to 20-30cm apart. Earlier sowings can be
made from early January under glass. Pick leaves young for baby salad leaf.
Salad leaf mixtures from supermarkets are expensive, pick your own from the
garden and have fresh salad leaves, choose from the large selection below of
Baby leaf, Cos, Continental leaf, Iceberg, Oak leaf. Add to this watercress,
rocket, chevril, coriander, or chives for an excellent leaf salad.
Lettuce Seeds per gram 700-1,000
Cos
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Lettuce Lobjoits Green Cos Cos Lettuce Considered to be the finest cos variety. Good flavour with a nice crisp texture and firm hearts. Sow spring every 2-3 weeks or autumn for early spring harvest under glass. RHS Award of Garden Merit
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Lettuce Jewel Cos lettuce Slightly taller and larger framed than Little Gem with a neat appearance and attractive hearts. 1 gram approx 900 seeds
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Lettuce Little Gem Cos lettuce One of the best known lettuces. Sweet flavour, Juicy, crisp and tender, this strain has maintained its position for trueness to type, with improved colour and shape and a high level of uniformity. Normally grown at high density to give a top quality product with excellent sweet flavour. RHS Award of Garden Merit £1.25 Av 1,000 seeds
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Lettuce Little Gem Delight
Organic Sourced Cos lettuce A high quality selection from the Cos variety Little Gem one of the best known lettuces. Sweet flavour, Juicy, crisp and tender, this strain has maintained its position for trueness to type, with improved colour and shape and a high level of uniformity. Normally grown at high density to give a top quality product with excellent sweet flavour. RHS Award of Garden Merit £1.55 Av 400 seeds
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Lettuce Pinares Cos lettuce An improved Paris Island Cos which produces a uniform crop. Good weight heads averaging 30cm tall. Very adaptable throughout the season with good taste. Some tip burn tolerance.1 gram approx 850 seeds
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Lettuce Dunrobin A red cos with all the attributes of traditional cos. The red colour is most intense in summer. Leaves are blistered and have a very upright habit. Good Mildew resistance. 1 gram approx 1200 seeds
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Lettuce Rusty Cos lettuce An interesting red cos type having bronze blushed leaves, an excellent addition to the salad bowl. Can be used as young leaves or left to form a heart. RHS Award of Garden Merit £1.35 Av 1,000 seeds
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Lettuce Osterley Cos lettuce Baby Leaf Dark green thick crunchy cos leaf in a tear drop shape, slightly blistered, plants have a upright habit. Excellent mildew resistance. £1.35 Av 300 seeds
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Lettuce Dixter Cos lettuce 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. £1.35 Av 300 seeds
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Lettuce Wentworth Cos lettuce 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. £1.35 Av 300 seeds
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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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