Lettuce 40 seeds "Red Oak Leaf"

Lettuce

40 seeds

"Red Oak Leaf"

Red Oak Leaf Lettuce is a specialty lettuce, known by its striking rich red colour and its beautiful notched leaves, which are shaped like an oak leaf. An heirloom, oak leaf lettuce, it has been a popular variety from at least the 1800s. It forms a dense bunch of leaves, which have a tender sweet flavour and seldom become bitter. It is slow to bolt and crops long and hard – a perfect choice for cultivation from spring through to autumn. The crisp tender leaf is excellent for salads and soups; it can be cooked or stuffed, separated into leaves or served as hearts. And of course, it looks great on a plate or peeking out of panini!

Lettuce germinate at surprisingly low temperatures; many will fail to germinate once the soil temperature rises above 25*C  If you are sowing lettuce through the hotter months, and are sowing directly into the soil, water the drill before sowing to cool the soil down and make sure you sow into a shaded part of the garden.

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