Salad : Crunchy Lettuce Leaves Blend

Vegetable

• Crops in : All year round

Description

Quick growing, nutritious salad leaves in under 30 days from sowing during summer months. Crunchy Lettuce Leaves Blend add tastes and textures to your mixed salads, sandwiches and garnishes. Sow seeds regularly all the year round for a constant supply of 'salad leaves'. Ideal in containers on the patio. Good source of provitamin A, vitamins C and K, and folate. Crunchy Lettuce Leaves Blend contains: Lettuce Red Cos, Lettuce Green Cos, Lettuce Catalogna & Endive Romanesco.

Sowing Instructions

Sow seeds March to September outdoors. Sow seeds October to February under glass or all the year round on the windowsill. Sow seeds thinly, 12mm (½in) deep in drills 23cm (9in) apart.

Growing Instructions

Thin seedlings if necessary, when large enough to handle, to 10cm (4in) apart.

Aftercare

Keep ground weed-free and water well during dry periods. Harvest a few leaves from each plant.

Nutritional Information

The dark green leaves of lettuce are a good source of beta-carotene and Vitamin A.

Kitchen Notes

Impress dinner guests with this intriguing mix.