lettuce 'Mixed'
mixed lettuce or Lactuca sativa 'Mixed'
If you can't decide which lettuces to grow this year, this is the mix for you: a delicious blend of summer varieties including butterhead, cos, crisp and leafy types to give a wide variety of colours, textures and flavours from one sowing. Mix with spicy rocket and annual herbs like chervil for instant mixed salad straight from the garden.
How to care for lettuce (mixed):
Plant in fertile, well-drained soil enriched with organic matter, keeping the soil evenly moist but not waterlogged to prevent bitterness. Choose a sunny or lightly shaded spot and protect young plants from late frosts with cloches or fleece. Sow or plant a little closer than traditional lettuces, spacing about 10-15cm (4-6in) apart.
Once the plants are established, harvest by trimming or pinching off the top few centimetres of growth, or by picking outer leaves as needed. This encourages new leaves to sprout from the base for repeated harvests. Water regularly in dry weather, and pick in the cool of the morning for crisp, tender leaves. Rotate crops each year to reduce disease build-up and watch for slugs and snails, especially in damp conditions.
Once the plants are established, harvest by trimming or pinching off the top few centimetres of growth, or by picking outer leaves as needed. This encourages new leaves to sprout from the base for repeated harvests. Water regularly in dry weather, and pick in the cool of the morning for crisp, tender leaves. Rotate crops each year to reduce disease build-up and watch for slugs and snails, especially in damp conditions.
Sowing instructions:
From February, sow into trays or modules in the greenhouse or on a windowsill.
From late March, sow direct where they are to grow in shallow drills. Protect from slugs and cover early and late sowings with a cloche. A late sowing made August in a coldframe or in the greenhouse borders will grow on right through winter.
From late March, sow direct where they are to grow in shallow drills. Protect from slugs and cover early and late sowings with a cloche. A late sowing made August in a coldframe or in the greenhouse borders will grow on right through winter.
Eventual height:
0.3m
Eventual spread:
0.3m
Position:
Full sun
Rate of growth:
Average
Soil:
Moderately fertile, moist, but well-drained soil, or general-purpose loam-based potting compost
Hardiness:
Fully hardy
approx 1200 seeds
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