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Lettuce 'Merveille de Quatre Saisons'
An old variety with a big, open structure and beautiful, crumpled bronze outer leaves for picking almost all year. More
| 500 seeds 080009 | £1.95 |
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Lettuce 'Merveille de Quatre Saisons' is an old variety with a big, open structure and beautiful, crumpled bronze outer leaves around a good, small heart. Excellent flavour.
Avoid the very hot, dry months, but ideal for serial sowing, three or four times from early spring to autumn, for picking almost all year.
| Genus | Lactuca sativa |
| Variety | Merveille de Quatre Saisons |
| Type | Hardy Annual |
| Common Name | Lettuce |
| Soil Type | Neutral |
| Site | Full Sun, Part Shade |
| Moisture | Moist but Well-drained |
| Spacing | 20-25cm (8-10in) |
| Sowing, Seeds, Planting | Direct serial sow in small batches 3-4 times from February - April and /or August-September in lines, or blocks. Avoid sowing in the hot, dry months. You can speed the germination process up by sowing into a length of guttering under cover and transplanting outside. |
| Care Tips | The plants need plenty of water, but not too much sun. |
| Storing | This keeps well in the fridge. |
| Harvesting | 8 weeks from sowing, producing leaves in March-June and September-March from a serial sowing. |
| Cooking Notes | This makes a fantastic salad base. |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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- Sow Under Cover/Plant Indoors
- Direct Sow/Plant Outdoors
- Flowers/Harvest
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