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Lettuce Seeds - Charita (Pils) |
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Lettuce 'Charita' is a curly leaved variety that not only looks good but has crisp tasty green foliage, and produces lettuce on a year round basis.
It is not totally hardy and should be grown under protection in a greenhouse either in grow bags or pots when autumn sowing. It will be ready to harvest in April. Spring sowings will be ready to harvest 8 weeks from sowings.
Approx 50 pils per pack.
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| Seed Information |
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Qty:
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Approx 50 pils per pack. |
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Site:
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Prefers well-drained, moist rich site. Autumn sowings in greenhouse / polytunnels in grow bags or containers or the soil.
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Sow:
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Spring sowings: Feb to July.
Autumn sowings: Aug-Oct.
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How:
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Sow thinly in pots or in a prepared seed bed in rows 25cm apart and lightly cover with fine soil. Seedlings appear 7-14 days. Thin to about 15cm apart when large enough. Water in carefully with a fine hose. For continuous crops sow every 2-3 weeks. Autumn Sowings should be sown in containers and thinned or transplanted into larger pots when seedlings are large enough.
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Care:
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Keep moist especially during dry weather, weed free and protect early sowings with a cloche. Always water in the morning or mid-day as watering in the evening will increase the risk of disease and protect with fleece in very cold weather.
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Autumn sowings in April to May.
Spring sowings May to August. If given added protection it is possible to produce lettuce all year round. |
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