Lactuca sativa ‘Batavian Red’
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Lactuca sativa ‘Batavian Red’, Red Lettuce
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Lactuca
Vibrant red leaves. The leaves look great in salads or wilted and used as a vegetable. The leaves are a rich source of vitamin K and vitamin A.
Characteristics:
• Hardiness: H3 (1 to -5C)
• Type: Half Hardy Annual
• Height: 20cm
• Spread: 15cm
Red Lettuce is available to buy online as herb seeds.
Details
• Aspect: Sun
• Soil type: Loam, Free Draining
• pH: Universal pH
• Habit: Bushy
• Flowering colour:
• Flowering time:
• Uses: Culinary (Read Jekka’s Guide To Culinary Herbs for more information)
• Attracts pollinators: No
• Container suitability: No
• UK native: No
• Caution: N/A
Growing
• Grown from seed:
• Indoor Sowing: In spring, direct into pots. Sow thinly, cover with perlite.
• Outdoor Sowing: In mid spring until mid summer, into rich and lightly shaded soil. Thin to 20cm apart. Keep watered in summer. Dry soils often trigger bolting.
• Propagation: N/A
• Maintenance: (See Jekka’s Blogs on Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer and Autumn maintenance)
• Harvest: N/A
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