£1.98
A dark red spring lettuce with tapered cos-like leaves forming loose heads at maturity. Bred by lettuce breeding wizard Frank Morton, this variety has a very buttery texture and thick leaves.
This is not a pure-line variety, as evidenced by its black and white seeds, but a multiline “landrace” of similar looking (but genetically distinct) sub-lines. Most of our ancestors’ staple crops, their legumes and grains, were also multi-lines. The genetic diversity of these farmer-varieties was the original crop insurance against the vagaries of nature.
(Approximate seed count – 250)
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When to sow: Feb-Oct
Spacing: 30x20cm
Lettuce tips: Shallow sow in drills 30cm apart, or sow in modules and transplant to final position.
Summer crop: sow from March outdoors, or early Feb indoors, protect from frost.
For an autumn/winter crop sow in early August.
For late winter/early spring crop sow in September/October.
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| Weight | 0.003249 kg |
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| Packet size | Regular packet, Large pack |