Lettuce – ‘Lollo Rossa’ (Loose-Leaf)
€3.49
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Email to a friend‘- A non-hearting Italian lettuce
– Finely frilled leaves with colourful crimson edges
– Excellent flavour
A non-hearting Italian lettuce of excellent flavour. This superb RHS AGM variety produces compact, loose heads of finely frilled leaves with colourful crimson edges. A particularly popular variety with supermarkets and restaurants, Lettuce ‘Lollo Rossa’ makes an attractive garnish and adds colour and texture to the salad bowl. Height: 15cm (6″). Spread: 25cm (10″).
Sowing
Direct sow lettuce seeds outdoors from March to August into well prepared, fertile, moist soil in sun or semi shade. Sow seeds thinly at a depth of 1cm (1/2″) in drills 30cm (12″) apart in soil which has been raked to a fine tilth. When large enough to handle, thin out seedlings to 30cm (12″) apart and cover with a protective netting or fleece to prevent attack from birds and insects. Make regular sowings for a constant supply.