Vegetables
Lettuce 'All The Year Round'
Lactuca sativa
Enjoy a constant harvest of these flavoursome, medium sized butterhead lettuces, from spring through to winter. Introduced over 150 years ago, this popular heritage variety is slow to bolt and will give you a crop 10-12 weeks after sowing. Ideally suited to growing in pots and containers.
- Position
- Full Sun to Partial Sun
- Height
- 25cm
- Spread
- 30cm
Growing calendar
Sowing & growing
Sow thinly from Mar-Aug in drills, 10mm deep, in soil that has been raked to a fine tilth. Grows well under cloches in frosty weather. Thin out seedlings when large enough to handle to 15cm between plants. Suitable for succession sowing for constant supply, harvest 10 to 12 weeks after sowing. Can also be sown under cover Feb-April in modules, and planted out to the vegetable garden after the frosts have passed. Thin to 15cm between plants and 25-30cm between rows.
Aftercare
May need protection from birds and insects with fleecing or netting.
Gallery
Ref. SEL023