2024 Last Send Date for Live Plants: Monday 16th December. For more information visit the home page.
2024 Last Send Date for Live Plants: Monday 16th December. For more information visit the home page.
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(Lactuca sativa) - Certified Organic Seed - Grown at Greenpatch Organic Seeds
Green Mignonette is a popular compact hearting variety. Soft green leaves with a sweet flavour and low bitterness.
How to Grow
Lettuce is a fast growing relatively simple salad green to grow. It's best to sow seeds into pots or punnets, cover with 3mm of soil and keep moist until germinated. Once your seedlings are 5cm high you can transplant them into a full sun or part shade position. Choose a position that is relatively fertile to ensure you get a constant harvest over a long period.
Note: Lettuce can be grown out of season in warmer weather such as early summer or late summer. Choose a position in the garden that receives shade from 2pm onwards for best results. Keep in the mind the plants won't grow for as long and they won't get as large as a winter crop.
Lettuce is prone to slug and snail attack. We recommend Protect Us Snail pellets to combat them.
For Cool/Cold climates sow Spring-Autumn. All other climates sow Autumn-Spring.
Sow in pots then transplant to the garden at 5cm high
Seed packet contains 300 seeds
800 seeds/gram.
45 days to leaf harvest
Uses
Leaves are harvested constantly for use in salads, sandwiches etc