Baby leaf, Green salad bowl type, Fristina is a curly leaf or oakleaf variety non hearting, excellent crunchy texture and flavour. A summer cropping variety that can be cut at either small heads (baby leaf) or large size heads. Heads need harvesting within 5 to 7 days once mature to prevent running to seed. Best sown as successional sowings for cut and come again. Sow Feb onwards under glass until ground has warmed up then direct sow to autumn, to overwinter sow late autumn under glass or cloches. Sowing during July & August should be prevented as the hot weather can prevent germination.