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Types of Lettuce

Different Types of Lettuce
The strengths and weaknesses of the different types of lettuce commonly grown in the UK are compared in the table below. Click any type for an example picture.

Type Sow (1 month earlier if under cloche) Harvest (1 month earlier if under cloche) Beginner
Rating
(1 easy, 3 hard)
Comments
Butterhead March to July.
(12 weeks to harvest)
June
to
midSeptember
'Difficulty trowel' - from 1 to 3 trwels, 1 trowel indicates easy to care for, 3 trowels indicate hard to care for. Early sowings good success. Later sowings liable to bolt in hot, dry weather
Iceberg / Crisp Heart March to June (15 weeks to harvest) July
to
midSeptember
Never as crisp as the supermarket icebergs, but worth a try.

Picking / Loose Leaf April to June (12 weeks to harvest) July
to
midSeptember
Easy to grow, many new varieties, suits pot culture.
Cos March to August(12 weeks to harvest) July
to
midSeptember
Easy to grow
Spring maturing September to October (20 weeks to harvest) March
to
mid-May
Needs cloche protection, failure rate high.

Recommendations of varieties for each of the above lettuce types are given in the section entitled 'Which Variety of Lettuce' - click here to go there now, or click below for the next page on lettuces.

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Message: Y HAS MY RUNNER BEANS GONE PURPLE AND TURN BACK TO GREEN WHEN COOKED. ITS BEEN A VERY POOR CROP THIS YEAR.


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