Astéracées • Lactuca sativa var. capitata

Colorful Mixed Head Lettuce - Organic

"A festival of colors and crisp textures, bursting with freshness at the edge of the garden."

$4.49

Number of seeds

Drawn from a diverse selection of several types of head lettuce, this colorful composition celebrates the natural diversity of textures and hues. From tender green to deep red, each plant becomes a visual accent in the garden space, enriching neighboring crops with its calming presence.

In the garden, the Colorful Mix is ​​a reliable choice. Its compact habit and well-formed heads make it an ideal variety for sunny spots, dense flowerbeds, or container gardening. Thanks to its varying maturity dates, it offers a staggered harvest, combining daily enjoyment with a respectful rhythm. If you love ultra-crisp lettuces, this mix will become your go-to. With their compact, protected hearts, head lettuces keep longer than leafy varieties, allowing you to enjoy their freshness for several days while reducing waste. Resilient and generous, this lettuce thrives in welcoming, slightly moist soil, revealing its full potential in a garden that is rooted and in harmony with a living garden.

  • Growing climate: Temperate climate
  • Sowing difficulty level: Easy
  • Care required: Regular
    Note: Prefers cool, well-drained soil, sensitive to excessive heat which can cause bolting.

The Colorful Mix Head Lettuce is a must-have for crisp and refreshing salads. Its wavy, dense, and flavorful leaves lend themselves to both simple preparations and more refined recipes. It's the ideal variety for sandwiches, wraps, and cold dishes, where its firm texture and compact heart prolong freshness after harvest.

It is also valued for its excellent keeping qualities: once picked, it retains its quality for several days, thus reducing waste and facilitating extended consumption. In keeping with the Ecumene Approach, this variety embodies the balance between abundance, beauty, and simplicity.

Colorful Mixed Head Lettuce - Organic

$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 ± 55 days

Hardiness zone

Zone-3b

Distance between plants

30 cm

Distance between rows

40 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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