Fothergill's Lettuce Romaine Ballon Seeds

Details:

• Botanical Name: Lactuca sativa, an elite Romaine variety prized for its robust stamina and structural quality.
• Plant Class: Annual Salad Vegetable, establishing quickly to provide a heavy, premium-quality harvest in home gardens and allotments alike.
• Weather Resilience: Showcases exceptional climate tolerance; its sturdy leaves resist melting in unpredictable downpours and hold their crisp, juicy structure without turning bitter during hot spells.
• Growth Habit: Features a tidy, compact, and upright romaine habit, forming solid, column-like heads that make it highly efficient for tight garden beds, companion planting, or patio container gardening.
• Texture & Flavour: Offers an ultra-refreshing, classic romaine bite—intensely crisp, juicy, and packed with a robust, traditional lettuce flavour that holds up beautifully in salads, sandwiches, and wraps.
• Sunlight Position: Highly adaptable; it grows to perfection when positioned in a location ranging from full sun to partial shade.

Care & Growing Instructions:

• Sowing Position: Sow thinly from spring through midsummer directly into well-drained, fertile, and moisture-retentive soil.
• Maintenance & Harvesting: Provide regular watering to maintain the leaves' succulent crunch. Thin out young seedlings to approximately 25–30cm (10–12in) apart to ensure the heads have enough space to become solid and fully formed. Harvest the entire head once it feels firm to a gentle squeeze.