Astéracées • Lactuca sativa var. crispa

Organic Trio Leaf Lettuce

"A green symphony with varied textures for a lush and colorful garden."

$4.49

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Leaf lettuce trio is a captivating composition that brings together several varieties of leaf lettuce, often from mixes chosen for their differences in color, texture, and flavor.

The result of ancient European selections, chosen for the beauty of their foliage and the richness of their textures. Tender green, coppery bronze, or deep red intertwine in a plant mosaic that revitalizes the garden from the very first weeks of growth.

Vigorous and fast-growing, this trio of leaf lettuce forms a nourishing and colorful carpet that complements the gardener's daily tasks. Its continuous growth allows for a prolonged harvest, leaf by leaf, as desired. It's a reliable plant, perfectly suited to quiet corners of the vegetable garden, sunny flowerbeds, or balconies where it thrives without requiring excessive space or maintenance.

This generous cultivation offers a balance between utility and aesthetics, contributing to a living, beautiful and nourishing garden, in connection with the gentle rhythms of daily life.

  • Growing climate: Temperate climate
  • Sowing difficulty level: Easy
  • Care required: Occasional
    Note: Sensitive to high temperatures which can cause premature flowering.

Prized for its versatility, leaf lettuce in trio is a valuable ally in summer cooking. Its tender leaves with varied flavors — mild, sometimes slightly peppery — are mainly eaten raw, in mixed salads, as a crunchy side dish or rolled around fresh herbs.

This is the team's favorite lettuce at Jardins de l'écoumène, as it fits perfectly within our garden theme: the Gourmet Salad Project. It embodies this accessible, fresh, and continuous approach to harvesting, where the hand picks a few leaves each day to nourish without depleting the plant.

Its rapid growth makes it an excellent candidate for staggered sowing, ensuring a constant supply of greens. It keeps for a few days in the refrigerator once harvested, but reveals its full flavor when it goes straight from the garden to the plate.

Organic Trio Leaf Lettuce

Organic Trio Leaf Lettuce

$4.49

$4.49

écoumene seeding advice

Seeding type

Indoor and outdoor seeding

Germination time

3-10 days

Germination temperature

15° to 20° Celsius

Sowing depth

Surface sowing - without covering the soil

Transplantation

Easy transplantation

Technical

Seeding in clusters

Growing conditions

Number of days to maturity

Harvest at ± 35 days

Hardiness zone

Zone-3b

Distance between plants

20 cm

Distance between rows

30 cm

Optimal brightness

Sun plant that tolerates light shade

Soil texture

Loose (silty) soil

Soil moisture

Cool, well-drained soil

Soil fertility

Plant demanding in bacteria-dominant compost

optimal soil pH

Low acidic pH

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