Butterhead Lettuce Appia (coated seeds) - Lactuca sativa

The Appia Lettuce is a high-quality head lettuce, very productive, forming large heads of smooth, thin, and crunchy leaves. It is an exceptional variety, tolerant to cold and resistant to running to seed. Sow from February to August for a harvest from April to October.

This packet contains coated seeds for easy sowing.

If Lettuce is one of the most popular vegetables (consuming 4.2 kilograms per year per person), it is equally appreciated for its freshness, crispness, and its gustatory and nutritional qualities. It can be consumed raw in salads but also cooked, to accompany peas, for example.

An ultimate leaf vegetable, Lettuce is an annual plant belonging 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 grown almost all year round.

The cultivation of Lettuce is easy as long as the cultivation calendar of each variety is respected. Its growth is fast and it thrives in any soil, provided it is rich and remains moist.

Harvest: It is simply done with a knife when it reaches ripeness.

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

The gardener's tip: During hot summer weather, lettuces exposed to full sun tend to wilt miserably. To avoid this phenomenon, consider protecting them from excessive sunlight using overturned crates. In our garden, summer lettuces are not grown in rows but interplanted everywhere: at the base of climbing beans, in the middle of cucumbers and squashes whose foliage provides beneficial shade.