Heat tolerant Salad Bowl is the best loose-leaf lettuce we know for been crisp and tender with a sweet flavor.. It holds its flavor and fine texture despite summer heat, and it stays in prime harvest condition for an extended time. Each plant makes a decorative rosette of wavy, notched leaves that are always tender, sweet, and delicious. Slow to bolt.

• Type: Looseleaf
• Leaf Texture: Frilly
• Days To Maturity: 45 days
• Sun: Full Sun, Part Sun
• Spread: 6 inches
• Height: 9-15 inches
• Sow Method: Direct Sow/Indoor Sow
• Planting Time: Fall, Spring
• Sow Time: 2-4 weeks BLF
• Thin: 8 inches

Sowing:

• Sow lettuce seeds in average soil in full sun in early spring for first crop. Sow in late summer for fall crop.
• Sow every two weeks to extend harvests.
• In late summer, sow in a protected are that stays below 75 degrees F.
• Sow thinly in rows 12 inches apart and cover with ¼ inch of fine soil.
• Follow the spacing recommended on the seed packet for specific varieties.
• Firm lightly and keep evenly moist.
• Seedlings emerge in 7-10 days.

Growing on:

• Thin to stand 8 inches apart when seedlings are 1-2 inches tall.
• Keep lettuce plants well watered during dry periods to promote rapid, uninterrupted growth.
• Lettuce is shallow-rooted, so avoid disturbing the soil around the plants when weeding.
• Unless there is regular rainfall, lettuce plants must be watered deeply at least once a week and more frequently during periods of drought.
• Mulch with a layer of compost or clean straw to help the soil retain moisture.

Lettuce Ashbrook is a light green, very upright, well textured frilly oakleaf variety. Leaves are thick and waxy with shallow lobes and superb crunchy texture.

The leaves have a firm texture and a sweet, pleasant taste that never seems to go bitter.

This is a superb eating lettuce that is ideal for cut-and-come-again or for growing to full size plants.

Packet Content (approx.): 880 (0.8g's) 

Lettuce Green Salad Bowl is a large, fast growing rosette with long, light green, deep cut leaves. Heat tolerant and very slow to bolt.

The best-ever, number one cut-and-come-again lettuce. Keep picking and it keeps producing tender new apple-green leaves.

Lettuce Green Salad Bowl is relatively easy to cultivate lettuce requires little maintenance throughout its growth, a regular watering but measured. A variety of green lettuce ideal for cut and come again or baby leaf, forms loose heads of tasty green leaves. Lettuce is relatively poor in energy value while containing a large amount of water and an excellent source of omega 3. It also includes a good source of vitamin A, vitamin C and folate essential for the proper development of the human body.

Lettuce Green Salad Bowl can be harvested as a whole head or a few leaves can be picked as & when needed & it will continue to produce new leaves for 2-3 months. It is a good variety to sow successional every 2-3 weeks.

They can be grown all year round, for a continuous supply of tasty and nutritious baby leaves. They can be grown in the home, on windowsills or raised in pots in glasshouses or polytunnel's in cooler areas for winter early spring crops.

Cultural Details:

Sow March - August, for spring and summer crops, sow direct into prepared seed beds in the kitchen garden or greenhouse border, and this is the best growing technique for spring and summer crops.

Cover with vermiculite - germinates in 7-14 days around 12-15oC. Prick out into module trays when large enough (unless sown directly into modules), then when ready, plant up at 25 x 30cm, either out-doors or for earlier crop in unheated glasshouse or polythene tunnel.

Harvest May - November

If birds are a problem in your garden, spread netting to prevent them eating the seed. Sow every two weeks for a continual supply of tender young leaf.

Packet Content (approx.): 1000 (1.15g's) 

Endive Ruffec. Heirloom. Large head, very fine frilly leaves, large white stems.  75 or so days. Direct seed or use transplants Great cooked or in salads. Best for fall. Set out 5-6 week transplants 60 days before desire harvest or direct seed 80 or so days before desired harvest. 2-3 seeds/16 inches. If you grow them closer together (say 8 inches), they tend to grow upright and self blanch. Blanch heart by tying up leaves 10-12 days before harvest. Great cooked or in salads.

Green Curled Ruffec Endive Germination: Endive makes an excellent fall crop, since light frost sweetens the taste, and excess heat causes bitterness in the leaves or bolting. For an early summer crop, sow seeds indoors 2 months before the last spring frost; sow them 1/4" deep. When the seedlings emerge, thin them to 6" apart. Four weeks after planting them, set them outside 12" apart. For a fall crop, direct sow seeds in July. Water the ground, scatter the seeds on the surface, then cover with 1/3" of soil. When the seedlings emerge, thin them to 12" in all directions. Areas with warmer winters may be able to plant a winter crop about two months before the last frost.

Growing Green Curled Ruffec Endive Seeds: Keep the soil moist to prevent toughness or a bitter taste, but avoid getting the leaves wet as this may cause rotting. Mulch helps conserve moisture and control weeds. If desired, blanch the leaves about 2-3 weeks before harvesting by tying together the outer leaves to shade the inner part of the plant. Make sure that the leaves of the plant are completely dry before tying them, or rotting may result.

Harvesting Green Curled Ruffec Endive: Cut individual leaves for baby greens as soon as they reach a good size for eating. Cut mature heads off at the base. For additional growth, leave an inch of stem.

Packet Content: (approx.): 500 (0.5g)

A tender lettuce favorite, freckles provides gardeners with succulent leaves of lettuce that can be picked as needed.

Lettuce, Freckles

Recommended Planting Requirements: Light soils with good drainage will give you the best harvest of lettuce.

Growing Recommendation: Watering regularly is critical to good growth. In warmer climates watering more often may be needed.

Harvesting & Storage: Like most lettuces, you can trimmed wanted leaves from the plant as needed. You can also cut entire tops of the lettuce off and it will regrown. This is known as a cut and come again crop.

CULTURE: Most lettuces are hardy, cool-season crops that can be planted as early as the soil can be worked. Many do best when the air temperature is between 60-70°F, and will germinate well at soil temperatures as low as 40°F. Choose heat tolerant varieties for summer plantings. Lettuce can be sown either directly into the garden or started indoors and transplanted. With succession plantings every 3 weeks, you can enjoy fresh salads all season. A cold frame and cold-hardy varieties can stretch the spring and fall growing season into the winter months.
 

TO DIRECT SOW: Sow seed 1 inch apart, in rows 16-18 inches apart. Cover seeds lightly and firm gently. As soon as 2-3 true leaves have formed, thin loose-leaf types 10-14 inches apart and icebergs, butterheads, and remains 12-16 inches apart.
 

FOR TRANSPLANTS: Sow 3-4 seeds per inch in sterile seedling mix 3 weeks prior to planting out. Transplant individual plants into pots or cell trays 2 weeks after sowing. Before planting outside, harden off for 2-3 days by reducing water and placing outdoors in a sheltered location. Leafy green vegetables require a moderately fertile soil. One cup of our complete fertilizer per 10 row feet will provide adequate nutrition.
 

INSECTS/PESTS: Most lettuce grows quickly, so pests aren't a problem. Aphids can be washed off with a strong spray of water, and slugs can be controlled with diatomaceous earth, slug baits, or traps.
 

HARVEST: During the warmer seasons, lettuce remains in prime eating condition for about 3 weeks. While picking individual leaves helps extend the season somewhat, all eventually become tough and bitter as they begin to bolt. We've found that rinsing lettuce under warm tap water can help reduce bitterness.

Suitable for the vegetable garden, allotments and containers.

Frank Butterhead Lettuce

A great shaped lettuce,with a well filled head and a good balance of outer leaves. Frank is a heavy lettuce with a high resistance level.

Very versatile plant, widely adapted to different seeding periods

Unlike field varieties that are widely sold for use in greenhouse, these varieties are smaller framed allowing for higher plant populations with exceptional rates of growth that reach maturity much more quickly.

Sowing:
In autumn and winter seed can be sown into pots or seed trays which can be grown  on the kitchen windowsill or in a heated conservatory/greenhouse.
Sow 20-30 seeds into a 10-12cm pot using a free draining compost and cover seed  lightly after sowing.
For spring and summer crops, sow direct into prepared seed beds in the kitchen  garden or greenhouse border, and this is the best growing technique for spring  and summer crops.

Sow outdoors sprinkle seeds 1/2 inch apart in a 2 to 4 inch wide row covering  lightly or broadcast sow.
Tip a small amount of seed into your hand, take a pinch and spread thinly along  the trench. Cover with soil, label and water.
If birds are a problem in your garden, spread netting to prevent them eating the  seed.
Sow every two weeks for a continual supply of tender young leaf.

 

Cultivation:
The best tasting leaves come from plants which are grown quickly; this means a  temperature of 15-19°C (60-70°F).
Under optimum growing conditions a crop of salad leaves can be ready for picking  3-4 weeks from sowing. Slower growing crops can become more fibrous and hotter  flavored.
Once cut the plants should have sufficient energy for re-growth to provide a  second or even third crop of leaves, giving a regular supply with "little and  often" sowings.

Packet Content (approx): 12 Seeds
 

Compact butterhead for indoor autumn and winter production. Medium thick leaves, a good all round variety, very strong against tipburn. Grows well in a cold greenhouse. Ideal replacement for Wiske, although frame size is slightly smaller.

Buttercrunch is a Bibb type whose prized shape and buttery, is small, slightly upright dense heads of superb crisp and crunchy texture has become a favorite for salads.

Its rich green leaves, sometimes tinged with red, form a beautiful rosette in the garden that holds well under stress and has good bolt resistance. A good source of vitamin A and phytonutrients. Grows best in full sun, but will tolerate partial shade and even appreciates it in spring in hot climates. For the largest-sized rosettes, space transplants 18 inches apart.

Stands well without bolting.

Head Size: 6 to 12 inches (semi-heading)

Matures: 55 days

Sowing:  
- Indoor winter varieties:   Oct- April  
- Indoor summer: varieties April-Oct 
- Outdoor summer:  Jan- July  

Early outdoor sowings can be raised underglass in modules and  transplanted.      

Direct-seeding

Sow seed 1/8 inch deep, 1 inch apart in rows 12 to 18 inches apart. When plants have two or three true leaves, thin to 12-inch spacings for crisphead varieties, 6 to 10 inches for other types. You can also lightly broadcast seed (particularly of looseleaf varieties) in a patch instead of a row.

Transplants

Sow in 1-inch cells 3 to 4 weeks before transplanting outside. Harden seedlings by reducing water and temperature for 3 days before transplanting. Hardened plants should survive 20 F. Space crisphead transplants 12 inches apart in rows 18 inches apart. Space other varieties 6 to 10 inches apart in rows 12 to 18 inches apart.

MAINTAINING

Use row covers to protect very early plantings from cold, to protect young plants from insects, and (supported by hoops) to shade crops when warm weather arrives.

Make succession plantings every week or two, and grow several varieties with different maturity dates for a continuous supply. Moisture, stress, and high temperatures, particularly at night, encourage bolting. As the season progresses, plant more bolt-resistant varieties. Locate plants where they will be partially shaded by taller nearby plants, latticework or other screen.

Harvest:  55 to 60 days

Lobjoits Green Cos Lettuce (Lactuca sativa)

Sow the Lobjoits romaine seeds from February onwards. 0.5 cm deep leaving 30 cm between rows. Sow first under protection, in seed trays to plant out later, or direct in the greenhouse in March. Then from in mid spring you can sow the seeds direct outside in to a well prepared bed; in late April - June.. Lettuce seeds will germinate above 10 degrees Celsius.A rich, well drained soil is recommended.Thin out to 15 cm apart for baby leaf production, 30 - 40  cm apart for full size lettuce.Water well in dry spells.

A medium sized, loose lettuce, with thick leaves shaped like a canary's tongue. Can be used for babyleaf, full sized or cut-and-come again

A highly ornamental oakleaf variety which is ideal for baby leaf salads. Compact plants produce masses of deep-lobed leaves with a wonderful flavour and texture. Can be grown in pots as well as in the garden.

This variety is an Vegetable that typically grows as an Annual, which is defined as a plant that matures and completes its lifecycle over the course of a single year. Catalogna Cerbiatta normally reaches to a mature height of 7.8 inches.

Due to how easy it is to grow in a variety of conditions, Catalogna Cerbiatta Lettuce is great for beginner gardeners and those that like low maintainance gardens.

• Height :  6? - 12 ?
• Spacing   : 12? ? 18?
• Sun Light :  6 hours - Full
• Water : Average
• Harvest   : 45 -50 days
• Sowing : Sow seeds ½ ? ? ¼ " deep
• Germination : 7- 14 Days
• Size  : 8? ? 13?
• Color : Green
• Use : Excellent for making All Salad recipe 
• HEIRLOOM

Cultural Details:

Sow March - August, for spring and summer crops, sow direct into prepared seed beds in the kitchen garden or greenhouse border, and this is the best growing technique for spring and summer crops.

Cover with vermiculite - germinates in 7-14 days around 12-15oC.

Prick out into module trays when large enough (unless sown directly into modules), then when ready, plant up at 25x30cm, either out-doors or for earlier crop in unheated glasshouse or polythene tunnel.

Harvest May - November

If birds are a problem in your garden, spread netting to prevent them eating the seed.

Sow every two weeks for a continual supply of tender young leaf.