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Lamb’s lettuce
A hardy, mild winter salad leaf for cool-season picking.
Easy
Daisy
6–10 weeks
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Lamb’s lettuce seeds
£2.49 in the shop
Calendar
Sow
August–October directly outdoors
Plant out
Pick whole rosettes or outer leaves; protect from prolonged hard frost.
Harvest
October–March
Conditions
Sun
Sun in spring, light shade in summer
Water
Regularly — dry roots cause bitterness and bolting
Soil
Moist, fertile, well-drained
Spacing
20–30cm for hearting types, 10cm for cut-and-come-again
Containers
Perfect for pots, troughs and window boxes
Indoors
Windowsill baby leaf all year
Care and harvest
Feeding
A liquid feed every few weeks
Pruning
Pick outer leaves to extend cropping
Harvesting
Pick whole rosettes or outer leaves; protect from prolonged hard frost.
Storage
Damp cloth in the fridge, 3–5 days
Good companions: Carrots, Radish, Chives