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Mignonette Lettuce

Lactuca sativa

A variety of lettuce

How to sow mignonette lettuce: Direct seed outdoors, thin to 20cm when seedlings are 3cm tall

Sun requirement for mignonette lettuce: Plant in Partial Sun

One of the old lettuces of New Zealand, a buttercrunch type with red-tinged outer leaves, a loose light green heart and a flavour that modern lettuces don't have. It has survived because it doesn't cross and it self seeds easily. Came from Palmerston North in 1997. Sow in trays in spring and early autumn, prick out at 2.5 cm and transplant when the leaves touch at 20 cm diagonal spacing, or under cover in summer.

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Mignonette lettuce facts

Lifespan

Annual living and reproducing in a single year or less

Growing mignonette lettuces

deterring pests

place tilted jars of yeast+warm water (or beer) as slug traps at planting out every month

Growing lettuce

Sow seeds in trays 3 weeks before planting out
Dig compost into the bed 1 week before planting out
Water regularly at planting out every week
Weed around the seedlings 2 weeks after planting out
Sow another batch for a continuous harvest 4 weeks after planting out every month
Start picking the outer leaves at first harvest
Pull out plants that have bolted 6 weeks after first harvest