Lettuce Winter | Preservation Packet
$4.90
FAMILY: ASTERACAEAE
GENUS: Lactuca SPECIES: sativa
Description
Heritage Status: New Zealand
Bio-Region of Origin: Northland
Number of Seeds: 100
Description: One of the first heritage vegetable seeds given to Kay, by her Mother in Law Mary, from Kaiwaka Northland. It has curly, long green finger leaves, which can be picked all winter, and is a finger/endive type lettuce. It is best planted to mature around May in warm climates and March in cold climates for winter picking. Open hearted, darker green lettuces contain by far the most nutrition.
Planting Instructions: Sow in seed trays in Autumn. Prick out at 2.5 cm diagonal spacings and transplant at 25 cm diagonal spacing.
