lettuce (cut and come again) 'Lollo Rossa'
lettuce (cut and come again) or Lactuca sativa 'Lollo Rossa'
A gorgeous lettuce with frizzy purple-tinged leaves which look fabulous in the plot and even better on the plate. It's a cut-and-come-again variety, so you can pick the outer leaves as you need them for salads and the heart will continue producing more, giving you a continuous harvest over several weeks.
How to care for lettuce Lollo Rossa:
keep well watered and provide protection from slugs and snails. Cover early sowings with a cloche and harvest when plants have formed a firm 'heart'.
Sowing instructions:
Sow into trays or modules in the greenhouse or on a windowsill and harden off before planting out. Or sow direct in shallow drills where they are to grow, either in containers or in the open ground, thinning seedlings to 15cm apart. Protect from slugs and cover early and late sowings with a cloche. For sweet, succulent baby salad leaves, grow plants at a close spacing and snip the whole head off with scissors about 2cm above ground level once leaves are 8cm tall.
Eventual height:
0.3m
Eventual spread:
0.3m
Position:
Full sun
Soil:
Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil
approx 550 seeds
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