Fothergill's Lettuce Red & Green Salad Bowl Mix Seeds

Details:

• Botanical Name: Lactuca sativa, a premium, hand-combined mix of award-winning loose-leaf varieties.
• Plant Class: Annual Salad Vegetable, establishing with impressive speed to deliver an effortless, rolling supply of summer greens.
• Growth Habit: Forms beautiful, loose, non-hearting rosettes of deeply cut foliage that do not close into a tight central head, making harvesting quick and clean.
• Visual & Flavour Contrast: Combines the crisp, mild, and refreshing taste of the light green oak-shaped leaves with the deeply architectural, ruby-red leaves that carry a subtle, pleasantly complex flavor profile.
• Flexible Harvesting: Engineered for ultimate harvesting freedom; snip individual young, tender leaves early as a gourmet "cut-and-come-again" crop, or allow the plants to mature into large, full, multi-coloured heads.
• Climate & Garden Versatility: Thrives brilliantly across a range of conditions, handling cooler British weather with ease. Perfect for shallow patio pots, raised beds, traditional allotments, or window boxes.
• Ecological Value: Beyond its culinary excellence, allowing a few plants to mature later in the season helps support garden biodiversity by attracting beneficial insects.

Care & Growing Instructions:

• Sowing Position: Sow thinly directly into well-prepared, fertile, and moisture-retentive soil from spring through midsummer. Position in full sun or partial shade (which keeps the leaves tender during hot spells).
• Maintenance & Succession: Keep the soil consistently damp to maintain a sweet, succulent crunch and prevent bolting. For a non-stop supply until the autumn frost, sow a small batch of seeds every two to three weeks. Thin seedlings to 25cm (10in) apart for full-sized rosettes, or leave closer together for continuous baby-leaf picking.