Lettuce 'Merveille de Quatre Saisons'

Easy for Beginners
Edible Flowers
Will grow in Full Sun
Hardy Annual
Organic Seeds
Will grow in Partial Shade

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An old variety with a big, open structure and beautiful, crumpled bronze outer leaves for picking almost all year. More

500 seeds 080009

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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.