Lettuce Sierra Batavia - Vilmorin coated seeds - Lactuca sativa

The 'Sierra' Batavia Lettuce is a Lettuce that produces beautiful heads composed of slightly undulate and red-tinged leaves. It is a variety of good taste quality with a sweet and crunchy flavour. In the garden, it withstands heat well and can be sown from February to September for a harvest from May to November.

The seeds contained in this packet are coated with an inert mineral substance that makes sowing easier.

If Lettuce is one of the most popular vegetables (with a consumption of 4.2 kilograms per person per year), it is because of its freshness, crunchiness, and its taste and nutritional qualities. It can be consumed raw in salads but also 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 grown almost all year round.

Cultivating Lettuce is easy as long as you respect the cultivation calendar for each variety. 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 maturity.

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

Gardener's tip: During hot summer weather, lettuces exposed to direct sunlight tend to wilt miserably. To prevent this phenomenon, consider protecting them from intense rays using inverted crates. In our garden, summer lettuces are not cultivated in rows but interplanted throughout: at the base of climbing beans, in the midst of cucumbers and squashes whose foliage provides beneficial shade.