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Lettuce
Type:
Leafy Greens
Difficulty:
Easy
Planting Timelines
- - Lettuce can be sowed indoors all year round, or outdoors during the warmer months of the year
- Fill pots or cell trays with compost and press down to firm the soil
- Take a pinch and sprinkle thinly into each pot or cell
- Cover the seeds with 0.5cm of compost, pat down and gently water
- For outdoor direct sowing, make drills approx 1cm deep, spaced approx 6 inches apart
- Sprinkle the seeds thinly into the drills, cover with finely raked soil, and water evenly
- When the seedling emerge, thin them out so that the remaining plants are at least 1 inch apart
- Harvest little and often to ensure continuous growth
How to Grow Lettuce
Sow Seeds Indoors
February
Sow Seeds Outdoors
March, April, May, June, July
Time to Harvest
Approx 4 - 6 weeks onwards
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