Add colour and freshness to salads with Mr Fothergills Lettuce Leaves Red Mix Seeds. This attractive mix produces beautiful dark red leaves that are ideal for harvesting as tender baby leaves or growing on into full mature heads.
Quick and easy to grow, these versatile lettuces are perfect for garden beds, raised planters and patio containers, providing a continuous supply of fresh homegrown salad leaves throughout the season.
Product Features
- Attractive mix of richly coloured red lettuce leaves
- Ideal for baby leaf salads or mature heads
- Fast-growing and easy to grow
- Suitable for containers, pots and garden beds
- Cut-and-come-again variety for repeated harvests
- Excellent source of vitamins A and C
Growing Instructions
- Sow outdoors directly where plants are to grow
- Sow thinly into prepared, watered soil at approximately 1.5cm deep
- Seedlings usually appear within 721 days
For Baby Leaf Crops
- Allow approximately 15cm between rows
- Alternatively sow thinly into 25cm pots or containers
- Harvest leaves when around 10cm high
- Pick a few leaves from each plant and allow regrowth for up to 4 cuts
For Mature Heads
- Space rows approximately 25cm apart
- Thin seedlings to around 20cm apart
- Harvest whole plants from May onwards
Growing Tips
- Keep soil consistently moist for best results
- Sow little and often every 23 weeks for continuous harvests throughout the season
- Great for patio gardening and small growing spaces
Specifications
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Brand: Mr Fothergills
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Variety: Lettuce Leaves Red Mix
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Plant Type: Salad Leaf Seeds
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Suitable For: Beds, containers and pots
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Harvest Type: Cut-and-come-again or mature heads
Perfect for gardeners wanting colourful, nutritious salad leaves with a long harvesting season.
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