Lettuce Green Salad Bowl 880 (0.8g's)

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.