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Lettuce
Lactuca sativa
EdibleZones 3–10herb
At a glance
- Sunlight
- Partial shade
- Water need
- High
- Mature height
- 0.25 m
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Hardiness
- USDA 3–10
- Layers
- herb
Functional roles
food
Propagation
How to make more of this plant for free — the permaculture way.
seedeasy
When: Sow little and often, February to September
In the kitchen garden
- Sow (months)
- 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Harvest (months)
- 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
- Spacing
- Take it from the seed packet
- Family
- asteraceae
- Frost
- Hardy
Sow little and often. Under cover it starts earlier and finishes later, and winter varieties carry the salad bowl into spring.
Where to get it
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Seed data pending expert review. Identification photo and description are sourced from Wikipedia/Wikimedia; always confirm a plant in person before eating any part of it.