Suttons Lettuce Cos Little Gem

Lettuce Little Gem is the perfect Cos Lettuce – it’s quick to mature, dwarf and compact and produces crisp, sweet, medium-sized hearts. It’s also resistant to root aphid making it simple to grow. Suited to sowing March-July outdoors.

Sow thinly into finely raked, warm, moist soil at a depth of 13mm in rows 23-30cm apart. Germination takes 6-12 days. Thin seedlings to 15-20cm between plants. Use the thinnings in food such as a salad bowl. Can also be grown successfully under cloches. Lettuce grow best in well cultivated soil in a sunny position. Water freely during spells of dry weather
Sowing -> Cropping – 10-14 weeks