Lettuce Salad Bowl Red

Lettuce Seeds, Salad Bowl Red (L. sativa)

Fabulous oak-shaped leaves with red-bronze colour. A crisp, tender, non-hearting variety, making it great for plucking just a few leaves and then left to continue growing.

Plant type:  Hardy Annual

Sow when:  Autumn-Spring

Sow where:  Punnets

Spacing x Height:  20cm x 20cm

Position:  Part shade/Full sun

Harvest: 40 days

Companion plants: Plant next to high plants so to help shade them from summer sun. Good companion with celery as they both need lots of water.

Growing Details: Keep soil constantly moist. Fertiliser high in nitrogen. If lettuce is grown too slow the leaves will get bitter.

Seeds per package: 400