Lamb's lettuce is a type of vegetable that even beginners can usually not go wrong with growing. However, there are a few factors to consider when choosing seeds if you want to have the best possible harvest of beautifully grown lettuce plants.

A type of lettuce for most of the year

While other types of lettuce such as lettuce or iceberg lettuce can only be grown seasonally in this country, there are also frost-hardy varieties of lamb's lettuce. These can survive the winter under a blanket of snow as young plants, only to be ready for harvest in March or April. However, when choosing the seeds, you should pay attention to which varieties of lamb's lettuce are suitable for autumn and winter sowing. Hardy varieties of lamb's lettuce are for example:

  • Vit
  • Gala
  • Dark Green Wholehearted

Sowed sparingly and reaped richly

As is the case with many types of vegetables, lamb's lettuce should not be sown too densely. You can usually harvest a much more beautifully grown lamb's lettuce if the plants are at least five to ten centimeters apart. In this way, the individual plants not only get enough sunlight, but also sufficient nutrients from the soil for healthy growth.

Direct sowing of lamb's lettuce and pricking out

Since many varieties of lamb's lettuce are even hardy and are therefore suitable for late autumn sowing, there is no need to pre-culture this vegetable on the windowsill. Nevertheless, if necessary, you can also sow lamb's lettuce in seed pots and then prick it out outdoors or in a balcony box later. When separating the plants, be careful not to damage the sensitive roots and not to plant the plants in the bed together.

Lamb's lettuce in permanent culture

Since lamb's lettuce will sprout again if the base remains in the ground, a plant can be harvested several times in a row. Lamb's lettuce also does not deplete the soil excessively, which is why it can be grown for several crop periods in the same location. Leave lamb's lettuce from spring sowing into autumn and, in good conditions, it will self-seed for the next growing season.

tips and tricks

Lamb's lettuce has a spicy and nutty taste. This makes it an ideal raw food side dish for various meat and fish dishes.

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Vegetable garden