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Growing Lettuce

Whether your a cos fan, a crisp man, a rocket girl or a loose leaf lover, lettuce is one of the easiest things to grow. All you need is a little guidance and you'll be impressing your friends with your home grown in no time.

Essential Kit

A selection of small pots or a window box

Multi-purpose compost

Seeds – choose your favourite lettuce type

Watering can

Cos Lettuce

Sowing the seeds

Fill your compost to just below the rim of the pot.
Sprinkle a thin line of your seeds into the compost, ensuring that you leave enough space between the seeds (around 1.5cm) for them to sprout – this could mean using multiple pots so they’re not too cramped.
Cover the seeds with another layer of compost – something around 0.5 cm – and water them with your watering can (make sure you use a watering can with a sprinkler attachment to ensure an even distribution of water on your seeds)
Place your pots on a warm, light windowsill and allow your lettuce to shoot like a rocket!

Maintaining your crop

Most lettuce types (especially rocket) germinate quite quickly so you should be able to harvest your first crop in Growing lettuce

around two months – perfect for those summer salads. Keep your seeds watered with the soil feeling moist to the touch.