Picking and preparing a winter salad
Discover Sarah's simple steps for picking a delicious winter salad, including some of her favourite varieties to grow.
10 seeds 080106 | £3.75 |
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The most handsome and elegant lettuce I've ever seen with lots of mini hearts making one head. Perfect for pots or any prominent patch in the garden. Pick whole or treat as cut-and-come-again.
Genus | Lactuca |
Group/Species | sativa |
Variety | Descartes |
Type | Hardy Annual |
Common Name | Lettuce |
Soil Type | Neutral |
Site | Part Shade |
Moisture | Moist but Well-drained, Well-drained |
Spacing | 20-25cm (8-10in) |
Sowing, Seeds, Planting | Direct sow in small batches every 2-3 weeks from March - August in lines, or blocks, straight into the ground. Water the drill before sowing to decrease temperatures and sow in the evening. You can speed the germination process up by sowing into a length of guttering under cover and transplanting outside. |
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Discover Sarah's simple steps for picking a delicious winter salad, including some of her favourite varieties to grow.
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A delicious and different way to enjoy lettuce – this is simple and very tasty indeed.
Serve this as a side dish with chicken or fish, or eat it as a meal on its own with a bowl of rice.
I love this when the weather's warm and sunny, piling the different ingredients on to individual lettuce leaves and then folding them into parcels.
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Lettuce 'Descartes' reviews
Reviewed 19th August 2019 by Margarita
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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Joyce Cannot praise this lettuce enough - third year and never fails. |
Whoopi !!!
Reviewed 27th October 2015 by Joyce Barwise First time ever growing lettuce in large wooden planter. I chose Lettuce Descartes for my first adventure into growing salad stuffs. Excellent, the salad formed beautifully and just grew and grew - no damage to leaves and the taste was great. So easy to sow and I shall be growing again next year. |