Batavia Lettuce Blonde à bord rouge - Lactuca sativa

The Red Border Batavia Lettuce is a very appetising lettuce with crisp leaves bordered in red, making it a wonderful addition to mixed salads. Sow from February to June for a harvest 8 to 10 weeks later.

Lettuce is one of the most popular vegetables (with a consumption of 4.2 kilograms per person per year) due to its freshness, crunchiness, and taste. It can be consumed raw in salads or cooked, for example, to accompany peas.

As the ultimate leaf vegetable, lettuce is an annual plant that belongs to the large family of Asteraceae. Its Latin name, Lactuca sativa, refers both to the white sap (lactuca) that flows when it is cut and to the fact that it is cultivated (sativa).

It is an essential vegetable in any respectable vegetable garden, and there are so many varieties that it can be cultivated almost all year round.

Growing lettuce is easy as long as you follow the cultivation calendar for each variety. It grows quickly and thrives in any soil, as long as it is rich and remains moist.

Harvest: Simply cut the lettuce with a knife when it reaches maturity.

Storage: Lettuce can be stored in the refrigerator for a few days, but to enjoy its freshness to the fullest, we recommend consuming it immediately after harvesting.

Gardener's tip: During hot summer days, lettuces exposed to direct sunlight tend to wilt. To prevent this, protect them from the intense rays by using overturned crates. In our garden, summer lettuces are not grown in rows but are interplanted with other plants: at the base of climbing beans, in the middle of cucumbers and squash, whose foliage provides beneficial shade.