Lettuce Deliane - Lactuca sativa

The Deliane Lettuce is a large-headed Lettuce with shiny green, thick and tasty leaves. It is a variety that is highly resistant to diseases and aphids, and can be harvested from spring to autumn. Sow from February to August for a harvest from April to October.

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

As the ultimate leafy 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 grown almost all year round.

Growing Lettuce is easy as long as you respect 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 it 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 fullest, we recommend consuming it right after harvesting.

Gardener's tip: Slugs and snails are a real nightmare for gardeners as they love lettuce leaves. When the hunt is on, we are ready to do anything to repel or eliminate them: a line of ash (which will be quickly washed away by rain), a homemade trap filled with beer (which hedgehogs get drunk on until they reach an alcoholic coma), copper bands that are supposed to electrocute them (which tickle them a little)...

Instead of wasting your time and, incidentally, your salads, we recommend using an anti-slug product composed of ferric phosphate known as Ferramol. Unlike slug killers based on metaldehyde, which are dangerous for wildlife and polluting, Ferramol is natural, non-toxic, and very effective as long as you remember to "treat" your plot a few days before sowing.