Suttons Lettuce All The Year Round

Quick and easy lettuces are many peoples first veggie crop. Try mixing red and green lettuce leaves to add a note of bitterness to salads, or try slicing up little gem lettuces and sautéing with peas and garlic for an alternative homegrown lunch.

Sow thinly directly into finely raked, warm, moist soil at a depth of 13mm in rows about 30cm apart. Germination takes 6-12 days. Thin seedlings to 30cm between plants. Use the thinnings in a salad bowl. Lettuce grows best in well cultivated soil in a sunny position. Water ferely during periods of dry weather ot produce succulent hearts and prevent premature running to the seed. Avoid sowing during very hot weather or germination can be poor or non existent.
Sowing -> Cropping – 10-14 weeks.