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Varieties
Much depends on choosing a good variety, your comments would be welcome if you have can point readers to a real winner, or advise them to avoid a real loser.
See also my post in the main site under varieties.
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Picking just the outer leaves of lettuce - I tried this first in 2008 and again last year - inspired by Charles' Salad Leaves book. It worked a treat and gave me lettuce from May to October. No gluts as I'd had before.
Does anyone have any good varieties for this - the best for early on and then for later sowing and to take you into Autumn? Many thanks - Richard
I had great success with some lettuce last year I believe were 'marvel of four seasons' I got given them as seedlings and they were never touched by the slugs and harvested a lot of leaves over a very long period. Nice crunch as well. When they finally ran to flower I collected the seed as at the time I had no idea wat variety the were. I've now got some small ones in the tunnel under fleece which seem to be surviving ok.