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This cos lettuce has a pretty leaf, which is a bright Cos green with crimson splotches. Cos lettuce look great in a mixed leaf salad and are easy to grow.
If you pick Cos lettuce at the seedling stage it is cut-and-come-again. This cos is a very hardy variety for serial sowing, three or four times from early spring to autumn, for picking almost all year.
- Easy for beginners
| Variety: | Cos Lettuce 'Freckles' |
| Type: | Hardy Annual | Site: | The plants need plenty of water, but not too much sun. A cool, northern bed, kept moist is ideal. Hot weather inhibits germination. |
| Sowing: | Direct sow in small batches every 4-6 weeks from February-Early September in lines, or blocks, straight into the ground. Water the drill before sowing to decrease temperatures in warmer months and sow in the evening. |
| Final Thinning/Planting Distance: | 20-25cm | Care tips: | Water well during dry spells. |
| Harvesting: | 6-8 weeks from sowing, producing leaves for about 3 months. Successional sowing should provide leaves nearly all year. |
